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Secure .gov websites use HTTPS LDH is moving forward with a plan to distribute food benefits on EBT cards. If the USDA, who administers the SNAP program, is prepared and ready to move money into states’ accounts, we will use federal dollars to fund SNAP recipients’ accounts. If they are not ready, LDH will proceed with our state-funded program to provide food assistance to the elderly, the disabled, and households with children through their existing EBT cards.
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RFP for Independent Verification and Validation Services
The purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals from qualified and experienced proposers that provide Independent Verification & Validation (IV & V) services for MMIS enterprises and MMIS replacement projects. The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals seeks to obtain an IV&V contractor to perform two areas of IV & V services: the monitoring of operations of the existing MMIS, and IV & V services for the Design, Development and Implementation (DDI) of a replacement MMIS. The MMIS Replacement Project DDI is intended to replace the entire MMIS Enterprise including, but not limited to, claims processing, pharmacy point of sale (POS), data warehouse (MARS/DW), authorized services, and other support systems with a state-of-the-art, HIPAA compliant, rules-driven, on-line, real-time, web-based MMIS that is versatile in its architecture, structure, and code to support the evolving business needs of Louisiana’s Medicaid program. The IV&V Contractor will verify the DHH chosen solution meets business and technical requirements in order to obtain CMS Certification for the chosen MMIS Replacement.
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RFP for Statewide Management Organization for Louisiana Behavioral Health Partnership
The purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals from qualified BH managed care organizations (BH-MCO) with a minimum of five years experience and demonstrated success in its provision of managed BH care services with complex, publicly-funded BH programs, to operate a pre-paid inpatient health plan (PIHP), as defined in 42 CFR 438.2, for BH services provided to children, youth, and adults.
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RFP for Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section Web Application Enhancements, Application Development, and Maintenance and Support
The purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals from qualified proposers to support, maintain, and enhance the existing multiple computerized applications in use in the IDEpi Section and to develop new sub-applications. The applications already developed have allowed IDEpi to become more efficient by avoiding paper-work, reducing response time and increasing the accuracy of information.
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RFP for Geographical Information System (GIS) Support for Environmental Public Health Surveillance
The purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals from qualified proposers that provide program consulting services for environmental public health surveillance programs.
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RFP for Relief Workers Staffing for Disaster Medical Operations
The purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals from qualified proposers that provide administrative and direct care personnel to support continuous twenty-four (24) hour per day medical response operations for the duration of a declared disaster or emergency, as determined by the State Health Officer or designee
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RFP for System Point of Entry (SPOE) for Louisiana's Early Intervention System
The purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals from qualified proposers who will operate a SPOE office in one or more of the ten (10) DHH/OCDD ―regions‖ as identified at www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/medialibrary/media-1/REG_MAP04.jpg. The SPOEs shall be responsible for initial Service Coordination, the eligibility determination and enrollment process for each referred child and family, and the completion of the initial Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) for each eligible child and family in EarlySteps Louisiana’s IDEA Part C system. After eligibility is established, ongoing service coordination shall be provided by Family Support Coordinators (FSC) with enrolled Family Support Coordination agencies that continually update the SPOE with information to enter into the data system. The SPOE shall be the only entity responsible for day-to-day maintenance of the child’s electronic record in the Early Intervention Data System (EIDS).
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RFP for Pre-Admission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) Screening and Paperless Workflow System
The purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals from qualified proposers to provide contractor services to fulfill the requirements of the Pre-Admission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) program. The Contractor must perform any and all administrative duties of the PASRR program related to the digital consolidation of workflow, records, patient care records, screening results, and other records as required. The Contractor will oversee independent evaluations (either via record review or conducting face-to-face evaluation) to determine appropriateness of placement in a nursing facility (NF) with or without specialized services. The Contractor must additionally interface its proposed system with existing Louisiana DHH and Medicaid IT systems, the Level of Care Eligibility Tool in particular. Finally, the Contractor must have the capability of producing reports at the request of Louisiana DHH and Medicaid that demonstrate compliance with federally mandated PASRR requirements (42 C.F.R. 483.100 et seq.).
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RFP for Making Medicaid Better Outreach and Education
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH), Bureau of Media and Communications (BMAC), is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for qualified proposers to provide education, marketing and outreach services to help inform and educate eligible Medicaid enrollees about the state’s Making Medicaid Better initiative and promote robust engagement by enrollees to pro-actively choose a Coordinated Care Network (CCN).
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RFP For Enrollment Broker
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH), Bureau of Health Services Financing (BHSF), is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for qualified proposers for Enrollment Broker services that would provide enrollment services to Coordinated Care Network (CCN), Greater New Orleans Community Health Connection (GNOCHC) or alternative Medicaid managed care program enrollees.
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RFP for For Inpatient/Residential Treatment Services for Chemically Dependent Men and Women in OBH Region 8
The purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals from qualified proposers interested in providing inpatient/residential treatment services for chemically dependent adult males and females for a total of one (1) program statewide. It will be necessary to establish a contract with the selected proposer(s) for the establishment and/or continuation of the inpatient/residential program in the selected area.
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RFP for Fiscal/Employer Agent for Participant-Directed Services
The purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals from qualified proposers interested in providing fiscal management services to Medicaid recipients enrolled in an approved self-direction option/program.
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RFP for Environmental Public Health Tracking Network
The purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals from qualified individuals with the technical expertise necessary to plan, develop and execute the information technology requirements for building a successful Louisiana Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (LEPHTN). The LEPHTN will be a system that tracks exposures and health effects that may be related to environmental conditions or hazards. The LEPHTN will provide for: • Single entry, role-based access to disparate environmental health data via a public and secure portal on the web; • The secure exchange of EPHT data with the Center for Disease Control (CDC) EPHT Network; • Public and secure access to environmental/health care measures information; • The capability of searchable metadata; • The implementation of analysis, visualization, and reporting tools.