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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Civil Litigation
Docket No.: Not Applicable
Claimant: Nextgen Healthcare, Inc., 1551 Emancipation Hwy, Suite 200, Unit 1256, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401-4683
Claimant's Attorney: Not Applicable
Settlement Amount: $66,971.99
Funding Source: Budget 2025/Department of Health and Community Wellness/NW051-G25 Account# H250N Budget Ref: B2025
Additional Information:
This Pre-Litigation Settlement Agreement resolves all outstanding invoices for Nextgen Healthcare, Inc., for additional configurations and cost for Nextgen's staff travel.
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WHEREAS, the City's Department of Health and Community Wellness (DHCW) provides primary medical and dental health services to all Newark residents; and
WHEREAS, the Federally Qualified Health Center used a contracted vendor Nextgen Healthcare, Inc. for providing an electronic medical records management system, which offers for support, maintenance and enhancement software, resolution 7R5-t June 7, 2023 and resolution 7R5-y March 19, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the Nextgen Healthcare, Inc.'s contract terminated on June 30, 2025; and
WHEREAS, Nextgen Healthcare, Inc., submitted invoices for additional configurations and staff travel which is necessary for clinical flow. The approval and assemble services to the DHCW for an amount not to exceed Sixty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-One Dollars and Ninety-Nine Cents ($66,971.99), (the "Claim") to cover the period in which it did not have a contract and was completing the configuration and staff training services; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the DHCW confirmed that the City received in the benefit of EMR configurations and staff training and is requesting the outstanding amount be paid by a Pre-Litigation settlement (Memorandum to Corporation Counsel, attached hereto and made a part of); and
WHEREAS, to avoid the costly expense of litigation, Nextgen Healthcare, Inc.,...
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