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Clinical Design Services for Adult Mental Health Care Management System
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Request Date: 2/22/2008 8:54:03 AM
Open Date: 2/22/2008
Closing Date: 3/28/2008 4:30 PM
Intent To Bid Deadline: 3/7/2008
Est. Dollar Value: $0.00
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Dept. of Developmental & Mental Health Services
103 South Main Street
Weeks Building
Waterbury,
VT
05671-1601
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Locations:
State-Wide
Keywords:
Consultant Services
Bid Description:
Product/Service Description: The Vermont Department of Mental Health (DMH), Vermont € s single state agency mental health authority, is seeking proposals to design an adult mental health clinical care management system for a continuum of care ranging from acute inpatient care to community residential recovery care.
The care management system is a core component of the Vermont Futures Plan, a comprehensive plan to develop successor programs for the Vermont State Hospital. When fully implemented, the plan will
transform inpatient and recovery services for the most severely ill, will improve coordination of services and increase capacity for all adults with mental illness.
The care management system will manage and coordinate movement of patients through the system so that individuals have access to the appropriate level of care needed. The care management system will also ensure that the system € s resources are used most effectively and efficiently. It will help to ensure that the most integrated and least restrictive care consistent with safety is being delivered. The care management function will provide service coordination for individuals who cross multiple departmental, institutional and/or mental health program services. This coordination requires the development of common clinical protocols among all partners (designated mental health agencies and designated hospitals) as well as the ability to convey common information for clinical services, utilization management, quality assurance/improvement and conflict resolution. The care management system will integrate a service network that coordinates the following components:
? General and specialized psychiatric inpatient beds in Vermont hospitals
? Various levels and types of residential treatment and care
? Crisis stabilization / inpatient diversion beds.
The Department of Mental Health seeks clinical design services to:
1) Identify options for management structures for Vermont € s care management system.
2) Develop consistent documents and protocols for:
? Descriptions for programs at each level of care in the system
? Clinical admission, continued stay, and discharge criteria for each level of care
? The operations of the system (for instance, dispute resolution, census management, and access to emergency screening services).
3) Based on the variables of program capacity, identify the most significant gaps in the system of care and any redundancies.
4) Identify the data elements required for documentation and communication of needed clinical information.
5) Propose a design for efficient and effective quality improvement, assurance and utilization management systems.
The design work must be carried out in a collaborative fashion with Vermont € s community of mental health stakeholders. Preliminary design work must be reviewed by consumers, family members, and other key stakeholders and their feedback incorporated into final products.
The outcomes of this clinical design work will be:
? A management framework for a care management system
? Consistent policies and protocols to implement the system
? Quality improvement, assurance and utilization review systems that facilitate a design for continued improvements in the system and effective allocation of resources.
? Products that will be readily usable and appropriate for Vermont.
Special Instructions:
Special Instructions:
--This contract may be renewed for two (2) consecutive one (1) year periods depending on funding and need
--Please mark clearly on outside of envelope € RE: Response to RFP € VSH Futures Clinical Care Management System Design €
--Contractor must be able to provide proof of insurances as required by the State of Vermont. (See attached Contract template, Attachment C)
Award Notification Method(s): Letter of confirmation.
Contact Information:
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Trish Palmer
Phone: (802) 652-2002
Fax:
Email: tpalmer@vdh.state.vt.us
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