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R -- MANAGED CARE AND PREVENTION BEHAVIORAL SERVICES: A GUIDE FOR STAKEHOLDERS SOL 98M001067 POC Larry Pope, Contract Specialist, 301-443-8826, Mariann P. Mink, Contracting Officer, 301-443-8826 E-MAIL: Program Support Center, LPOPE@PSC.DHHS.GOV. The Center for Mental Health Services/SAMHSA through the Program Support Center, General Acquisitions Branch has a requirement to produce an easy to read, comprehensive guide for key managed care stakeholders, especially for those purchasers and benefits designers of managed care. The guide will include a comprehensive literature review and summary list of recommended covered behavioral services that have the potential to reduce the managed care plan's overall (behavioral plus medical services) costs. The literature review should include unpublished as well as published papers. The requested product should be useful to managed care purchasers and stakeholders as a technical resource for identifying cost effective preventive services. The resulting document will be a collaborative effort between the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration/DHHS, Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) and Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), with CMHS taking the lead in development, clearance,marketing, dissemination and publication in a peer-reviewed journal. CMHS will coordinate with CSAP for the widest possible dissemination. This guide would fill a much- needed gap in the quickly evolving field that could be used by a employers or purchasers of managed care services to make informed decisions justifying the inclusion of specific covered services that have been demonstrated to reduce the incidence of mental health disorders and/or substance abuse, and to reduce overall health care service costs. The period of performance for this requirement will be 9 month from the effective date of the purchase order. This acquisition is being made utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures and is 100% set-aside for small business. All requests for the RFQ must be submitted in writing, ATTN: Larry Pope. The RFQ will be released on or about April 29, 1998. See Numbered Note 1. (0105)

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