PWS Oversight Anesthesia Services.pdf

This is a Performance Work Statement (PWS) for oversight of anesthesia services at the Northern Navajo Medical Center (NNMC) in Shiprock, New Mexico. The NNMC Emergency Department, a Level 4 Trauma center, handles approximately 30,000 patient visits annually, performs 200-300 deliveries, and conducts roughly 1,400 surgical procedures per year across specialties including orthopedics, general surgery, obstetrics/gynecology, and podiatry.

The contractor must provide anesthesia program oversight through an Academic Partner rather than a GSA Anesthesiologist Provider. Key requirements include: maintaining board-certified/eligible anesthesiologists, providing quality assurance reviews, ensuring compliance with CMS requirements, and offering services via telehealth and onsite visits. The contractor must maintain professional liability insurance of $583,000 per occurrence for telehealth services and $1,000,000 per occurrence for onsite care. The contractor will review anesthesia policies, procedures, difficult intubations, ICU care, and procedural sedation. All services must comply with IHS, CMS, HIPAA requirements and New Mexico state laws. The contract includes 24/7 availability requirements and specific provisions for technical infrastructure to support telehealth services.