| ODJFS Request for Letterhead Bids (RLB) R-67-07-0824 Medical Technical Advisors (MTAs) Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or higher is required to view PDF files on this site.
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) releases this Request for Letterhead Bids (RLB) to receive responses from qualified medical professionals interested in serving as Medical Technical Advisors (MTAs) to ODJFS. MTAs provide the clinical expertise necessary in the administration of Ohios Medicaid Program in areas relating to prior authorization of healthcare services, drug utilization review, disability determinations, and utilization review and management, and determinations of medical necessity. ODJFS is seeking these professional services from currently licensed and credentialed professionals, including but not limited to: Dentists, Orthodontists and/or Dental Surgeons; Physicians (Allopathic and Osteopathic) Internal Medicine, Plastic Surgeons, General Surgeons, Anesthesiologists, and/or Pain Management Specialists, Psychologists (Psy.D.), Optometrists, Ophthalmologists, Pharmacists, (R.Ph. and/or Pharm.D.), Respiratory Therapists. In accordance with the table located in Section VIII of this RLB, ODJFS will contract with medical professionals in sufficient numbers for the efficient and effective operation of the Medicaid program. Only responses from licensed/credentialed professionals will be considered. All work must be performed by selected vendors on site at the ODJFS, Bureau of Plan Operations (BPO), Medical Operations Section (MOS)located at 255 East Main Street, Columbus, OH 43215 with drug utilization review work done at ODJFS, Bureau of Health Plan Policy (BHPP), Benefits Management Section (BMS), 30 E. Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43215. Work must be performed during the building access hours of 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. This RLB is released by, and the subsequent contract will be with, ODJFS. The contract expected to result from this RLB process will be an agreement between ODJFS and the selected contractor(s). If interested vendors have a need to communicate regarding this RLB, they must contact ODJFS using one of the mechanisms provided for in RLB Section IV., Internet Question and Answer Period/RLB Clarification Opportunity, or RLB Section V., Communication Prohibitions, of this RLB. Vendor proposals must be submitted to ODJFS in strict accordance with proposal submission instructions provided in Section X., Format of Submission of the Proposal. Vendors are cautioned that communication attempts which do not comply with these instructions will not be answered, and that ODJFS will not consider any proposals submitted to any address other than the one provided in Section VI., Submission Information of this RLB. All submissions must be received no later than the date, time and location as specified in Section VI., Submission Information of the RLB. |