Q -- HEMODIALYSIS SERVICES

Notice Date

November 29, 2001

Contracting Office

Attn: Richard L. Roudebush Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, (583/90C), 1481 W. 10th Street, Building No. 1, Room A-B040, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202

ZIP Code

46202

Solicitation Number

N / A

Response Due

December 11, 2001

Point of Contact

Point of Contact -- Billy J. Cooper, Contracting Officer, (317) 554-0047, Contracting Officer -- Billy J. Cooper, Contracting Officer, (317) 554-0047

E-Mail Address

Billy J. Cooper (billy.cooper@med.va.gov)

Description

The VA Illiana Health Care System, Danville, IL is interested in receiving responses from firms that have the capabilities and resources to provide the following hemodialysis services: (1) Furnish all staff, equipment and supplies to provide chronic outpatient hemodialysis treatments at the contractor's facility (daily rate cpt code 90925); (2) Physician's fee for providing chronic outpatient hemodialysis treatments at the contractor's facility (monthly rate cpt code 90921); (3) Medications administered to outpatient ESRD patients at the contractor's facility, not included in the Medicare dialysis composite rate, but including epogen; (4) Provide laboratory test services for referred dialysis patients for the following tests: PT, INR, CBC with automated differential (includes WBC, WCV, MCH, RBC, HGB, MCHC, PLT, RDW), Retculocyte count, vancomycin, blood culture, (if blood culture positive, perform sensitivity test), iron, TIBC, iron SAT, potassium, gentamycin, ferritin, health panel to include: glucose, BUN, creatinine, sodium, potassium, total bilirubin, SGPT, alkaline phosphate, cholesterol, triglyceride, chloride, CO2, anion gap; (5) Provide surgical insertion of canula for hemodialysis (cpt codes 36800, 36810, 36815, 36819, 36821). Firms that have the requisite capabilities and resources to provide these services are requested to submit information of such to Craig Earles, Contracting Officer (90C), at the address above by the close of business December 11, 2001. Faxed responses are accepted if faxed to (317)554-0200.

Web Link

RFI N / A (http://www.bos.oamm.va.gov/solicitation?number=N / A)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011203/QSOL007.HTM (D-333 SN514014)