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475 IV. ADDITIONAL REOUIREMENTS 476 A. CONTRACTOR shall provide those medical reports required by CITY for Custodial 477 Patients provided services pursuant to this Agreement. At a minimum, CONTRACTOR shall 478 provide a written Medical Service Activity Report for services provided hereunder. The report 479 shall include, but not be limited to, Date of Service, Booking Number, Name of Inmate, 480 Attending nurse or physician, Brief description of problem, Brief description of disposition and 481 Amount billed to the City of Santa Ana. Medical Service Activity Report will be submitted to 482 CITY daily. 483 B. UTILIZATOIN REVIEW/QUALITY ASSURANCE- 484 1. CONTRACTOR shall maintain a Utilization Review (U.R.) program and a 485 Quality Assurance (Q.A.) program for the review of all services provided pursuant to this 486 Agreement. Subject to all confidentiality laws, and upon request, CONTRACTOR shall provide 487 CITY with a written copy of its Q.A. and U.R. procedures together with such periodic statistical 488 reports, encounter data and other information which may result from Q.A. and U.R. activities for 489 Custodial Patients. The extent and format of such information shall be determined, in writing, by 490 CITY. Such programs shall meet the requirements of all appropriate Federal and State Laws and 491 regulations. 492 2. "Responsible Physician" means the physician who provides On-Site Medical 493 Services to Custodial Patients at the Santa gna Jail. CONTRACTOR'S designee, Director of 494 Operations or Designee, shall develop written U.R. and Q.A. procedures. CONTRACTOR'S 495 Utilization Review personnel shall perform concurrent U.R. inconjunction with the Responsible 496 Physician and provide periodic reports to CONTRACTOR'S Health Authority. 497 3. "Health Authority" means CONTRACTOR'S Medical Director. The Health 498 Authority will assume responsibility for the reviewing, approving, and implementing of medical 499 policies and procedures. The Health Authority and CONTRACTOR'S Director of Operations 500 will work closely with CITY to insure appropriateness and adequacy of inmate health care. 501 4. For cases in which CITY and CONTRACTOR, disagree regarding the level, 502 appropriateness, or quality of care including the need for Inpatient or Outpatient Care, the 503 CONTRACTOR'S Responsible Physician, the CONTRACTOR'S Nurse Practitioner, the 504 CONTRACTOR'S Director of Operations, and the CITY'S Jail Administrator will meet and 505 attempt to resolve the disagreement. If the disagreement is not thereby resolved within thirty 16