Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Contracts Management Branch, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockwall II, 6th Floor, Rockville, Maryland 20857

R -- STATE HEALTH CARE REFORM AND MANAGED CARE KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT, SYNTHESIS AND DISSEMINATION SOL CSAT-95-0023 POC Contact Point, Sharon Williams, Contract Specialist, 301- 443-0759 This requirement is to assist States as they attempt to develop managed care programs which include substance abuse and mental health services. As health care reform efforts have moved from the Federal to the State level, many states remain in need of resources and information regarding effective models of care and methods of implementing statewide systems. This four-year project will include: (1) providing planning and training seminars for State officials and providers to address issues pertinent to their area in terms of managed care; (2) providing a rapid-response technical assistance (TA) team to bring state-of- the-art TA and consultation services to State AOD officials and SAPT Block Grant treatment providers who identify an urgent need for TA, even on short notice, to address issues of immediate concern in the areas of actuarial studies, Medicaid, capitation, and contracting for managed care; (3) diseminating knowledge gained from project activities to State AOD directors; and providers, and others, in order to foster further development of effective managed care programs; (4) assisting States in setting priorities and identifying goals for their substance abuse treatment programs as well as establishing outcome measures and monitoring systems which relate to State and National healthcare goals. Offerors must demonstrate capability to develop and execute a comprehensive systems planning, implementing and reporting approach to the tasks of the project. Experience in knowledge development and dissemination, and the provision and monitoring of technical assistance and training within health care delivery systems are considered essential. The results of this effort will to be enhance States' capacity for developing and managing effective systems and contracts to provide substance abuse treatment services in a managed care environment. Proposals will be due approximately 45 days after issuance of the RFP. The solicitation may be obtained in either of two ways; electronically, by downloading a file from the SAMHSA Bulletin Board System (BBS) at 1-800-424-2294, or by mail. To download from the SAMHSA BBS, you should set your communications program at 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and parity at none (8-1-none). SAMHSA's modems will communicate at 1200 to 9600 BPS and can negotiate with higher speed modems. If your modem is slower than 1200 BPS, you will not be able to use this BBS. Our software can use several common transfer protocols. We recommend Zmodem if it is available in your communications program; however, any of those listed in the BBS should prove satisfactory. Large files will be posted as self-extracting compressed files to save time during the transfer. Hardware compression features in the modems will be relied upon to provide compression for smaller files. All requests for the solicitation must be submitted in writing; no telephone requests will be honored. Telefax requests for the solicitation will be accepted at 301-443-6468. The SIC code is 8742 and the size standard is $5 million. See numbered Note 1. (0151)

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