ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
25-335
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
November 7, 2023
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Modification 1 to
Contract No. NFPHC-ER-23-C between the Not-for-Profit Hospital Corporation,
commonly known as the United Medical Center, and George Washington University
Medical Faculty Associates, Inc. to provide emergency department services, and to
authorize payment for the services received and to be received under the contract.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Modification 1 to Contract No. NFPHC-ER-23-C between the
Not-for-Profit Hospital Corporation and George Washington University Medical Faculty
Associates, Inc., (“GW MFA”) Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration
Resolution of 2023”.
Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to approve Modification 1 to Contract No.
NFPHC-ER-23-C (“Contract”) between the Not-for-Profit Hospital Corporation (“Hospital”) and
George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates, Inc. (“GW MFA”) to provide
emergency department services to the Hospital and to authorize payment for the services
received and to be received under this contract.
(b) The Council approved the base year contract on December 6, 2022.
(c) Despite a timely start to negotiations, reaching mutual agreement took longer than
expected, a frequent experience for the Hospital as the closure nears. The additional time needed
to finalize the clinical and financial terms caused Modification 1’s retroactive status.
(d) Council approval is necessary because Modification 1, which exercises option year
one of the contract for the period October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024, authorizes payment in
the amount of $7,945,816.52, which exceeds $1 million in a 12-month period.
(e) Without this approval, GW MFA, cannot be paid for the critical services provided
and to be provided in excess of $1 million.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Modification 1 to Contract No. NFPHC-
ER-23-C between the Not-for-Profit Hospital Corporation and George Washington University
Medical Faculty Associates, Inc., (“GW MFA”) Approval and Payment Authorization
Emergency Act of 2023 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.