PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES
The purpose and intent of this Request for Proposal and resulting contract is to obtain the services of a Board Certified or Board Eligible Psychiatrist [s] to provide services to Mental Health and Developmental Services.
The Offeror(s) will provide some or all of the following services during the term of the contract awarded pursuant to this RFP:
A.The Offeror(s) shall be a psychiatrist(s) licensed to practice medicine by the Commonwealth of Virginia and qualified by training and experience to provide medical/psychiatric services to the persons to be served with psychiatric and/or substance abuse diagnoses. The psychiatrist[s] shall be Board Certified or Board eligible and in the process of obtaining Board Certification.
B.The Offeror(s) will provide appropriate psychiatric supervision to non-medical therapeutic staff for the purpose of assuring third party vendor payment.
C.The Offeror(s) shall conduct home visits as required by the County.
D.The Offeror(s) shall obtain admission to third party provider panels to assure maximum reimbursement.
E.Required Services:
1.The Offeror(s) [shall provide to the Mental Health & Developmental Services up to 190 hours per week of psychiatric services at one of Countys program sites and telephone back up at all hours a psychiatrist is not on site. The purchasers Clinical and Prevention Services Director shall determine specific scheduling of on-duty psychiatric time.
Services to be provided may include one or more of the following service specialties:
(1)Two Physicians to participate on an Assertive Community Treatment Teams as team psychiatrists, serving adults with serious mental illness. Thirty-two hours are desired for each team, but fewer will be considered.
(2)Clinic services to adults with a broad range of mental health issues. Services to include outpatient diagnosis, evaluation and treatment, including medication management. There is a need for two Physicians at least 80 hours provided by no more than four individuals.
F.The Offeror(s) shall, following the provision of all direct client services provide the purchaser with written documentation of these services as required by the purchasers clinical record keeping procedure. All records maintained by the purchaser and Offeror(s) shall remain confidential and will be released only upon proper written authorization as required by the purchasers Policy and Procedure for Release of Information and in accordance with State and Federal rules, regulations and statutes.
G.The Offeror(s) agrees to treat and/or evaluate all clients referred by the purchaser without regard to race, sex, color, age, religion, national origin or handicap.
H.Provide services in compliance with HIPPA and other mandatory regulations
