Case Management Training program for VISN 2 RN's

Added: May 02, 2018 8:52 am Modified: May 02, 2018 12:28 pmTrack Changes The Veterans Health Administration VISN 02 intends to solicit from a single source IAW FAR 13.106(b)(1) to CASE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INC. for the acquisition of the services described below. No other sources capable of meeting the Government s requirement have been identified. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all responsible sources may submit a response, capability statement or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any quotation/response should be emailed to Joseph Cellino at Joseph.Cellino@va.gov. Brief Description of Supplies/ Services required and the intended use/Estimated Amount: VHA VISN 2 has identified a need for Adult Integrated Case Management (ICM) training including access to and training on risk stratification tools for Registered Nurses at VA VISN 2 Facilities. This training shall effectively and efficiently prepare Registered Nurses for RN Case Manager Roles, and tools must help organize care coordination priorities. Case management is intended to maximize resource utilization and promote quality Veteran-centric care while producing cost effective outcomes. Case management requires well-coordinated and collaborative interdisciplinary efforts, which are dependent upon effective communication and cooperation across internal and external VA care. VHA VISN 2 requests on site delivery of training in conjunction with online resources and continual technical and guidance support available after completion of training. Contractor must be accredited to provide continuing education credits and a didactic curriculum that supports and prepares an individual to take the national certification examination, as well as instruction on and access to risk stratification tools. The VA estimates 60 Registered Nurses will enroll in this training spread out across up to 4 sessions during the one-year period of performance. A BPA IAW FAR 13.303 will be utilized to establish a commercial source of this service as the exact dates and number of attendees is unknown. The period of performance of this BPA shall be one year. The aggregate of all orders shall not exceed $150,000.00. Orders for this training that fall within the period of performance, and the aggregate total of which do not exceed $150,000.00 will be placed directly with the BPA holder. Unique characteristics that limit availability to only one source, with the reason no other supplies or services can be used: Case Management Society of America (CMSA), a non-profit organization, is the sole provider of this training, which is based on their own copyrighted textbook Integrated Case Management Manual: A Manual for Case Managers by Case Managers. Adult Integrated Case Management (ICM) a full-system advanced-practice form of case management was introduced in 2008. Only CMSA can offer training on ICM that includes the use of their copyrighted ICM-CAG(Complexity Assessment Grid). CMSA s ICM approach uses a scripted dialogue rather than a list of questions to complete a comprehensive biopsychosocial and health system (multi-domain) complexity assessment, using the color-coded ICM-CAG [20-complexity items] to allow the development of a relationship with the patient while a standardized evaluation is completed. CMSA s software-supported ICM-CAG assessments allow development of a prioritized care plan that addresses cross-disciplinary clinical and non-clinical barriers to improvement both longitudinally and across treatment venues in collaboration with patients and their clinicians, until measured health stabilization and/or maximum benefit has occurred. ICM systematically measures clinical, functional, satisfaction, quality of life, and fiscal outcomes in real time, using an assist to target approach, meaning that escalation of care plan activities is routine when expected improvement is not occurring. The ICM training is a structured training that includes online preparatory coursework and 2 days of Face-to-Face delivery. The course is focused around CMSA s own text Integrated Case Management Manual: A Manual for Case Managers by Case Managers. Nurses who complete the training will receive 30 Continuing Education Units (CEU).