About this opportunity
AI summaryThe buyer seeks an onshore United States organization to provide board-certified teleradiology physician services to beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and North Texas, Dallas (549). The contractor must perform diagnostic imaging interpretations offsite, covering mammograms, general radiology, CT, MRI, ultrasound, PET/CT, nuclear stress tests, and general nuclear studies, with 24/7 coverage as applicable. Candidates must complete required credentialing and privileging documentation, demonstrate English proficiency, provide verifiable educational histories, and maintain continuing medical education standards. The buyer will consider payments under the contract as payment in full and strictly prohibits billing VA beneficiaries or third-party insurers.
Buyer and opportunity details
- Client
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Solicitation No.
- 36C25727Q0077
Scope of work
- Board-certified tele-radiology physician services meeting ACR and TJC guidelines
- Final teleradiology interpretations of diagnostic imaging exams
- Availability for consultation and interpretation 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Dictation of studies into the facility's speech recognition system (PowerScribe) with electronic signature
- Performance and preliminary verbal reporting of properly identified STAT exams with signed report within 48 hours
- Direct notification of requesting providers regarding critical or serious medical findings
- Interpretation of images via commercial PACS or VA VistA RAD PACS system
- Provision of transcribed final reports uploaded into the VAMC hospital information system
Minimum qualifications
- Current full and unrestricted medical license in any State, Territory, Commonwealth of the US, or District of Columbia
- Physicians who have ever had a license restricted, suspended, revoked, voluntarily surrendered, or denied will not be considered
- All contract physicians must be Board Certified in Radiology
- Must be appointed, credentialed, and privileged through the VA facility Medical Staff Office in accordance with VHA directives
- Technical proficiency including the ability to speak, understand, read, and write English fluently
- Maintain required Continuing Medical Education (CME) / Certified Education Units (CEU)
- Contractor place of business must be within the confines of the continental United States
- Compliance with federal E-Verify requirements and exclusion check against the HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities
Documents to include with your response
- Other than Cost and Price Information Supporting Proposed Physician Rate
- Copy of Subcontracting Plan or Certification Statement if no subcontracting
- Listing of proposed key personnel and Curriculum Vitae
- Licensing, board certifications, and NPI verification documents
- Certification that staff list have been reviewed against the HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities
- Statement of relevant facts regarding potential organizational conflicts of interest
- Citizenship and legal status certification
- Copy of contractor policy and procedures for credentialing and privileging
- Proof of Professional Liability Insurance
- Contingency plan for replacing key personnel
Contract details
- Place of performance
- 200 E 89 St, APT 45BC, New York, NY 10128
- Insurance and bonding
- Professional liability insurance
- Funding
- Title 38 USC 8153, Health Care Resources (HCR) sharing Authority