Financial Consulting Services

The Vendor is required to provide comprehensive financial consulting services in the following areas:
1. Payment reform to fee-for-service and value-based purchasing
•    Devise strategies to continue the pilot reform with the current method of payment for Department organizations contractors;
•    Research rate setting in other jurisdictions and public entities that have implemented fee-for-service or value-based purchasing models and make recommendations for rate setting specific to support Department service delivery system ; 
•    Develop materials for communication with respect to state and other local partner agencies, such as department and centers for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS) as needed;
•    Expand system wide implementation in conjunction with medical; 
•    Prepare a plan for building a robust infrastructure that support business activities in transitioning from cost-based to a fee-for-service reimbursement system and beyond to include value-based purchasing; and
•    Research applicable fee-for-service and payment incentive models for both department. 
2. Advancing and innovating Medical implementation
•    Develop ongoing strategies for the continued implementation of medical, following current department guidance;
•    Participate at state level public meetings and prepare materials for ach staff, contractors, and other stakeholders for summaries of medical as it continues to progress;
•    Perform policy analysis and make recommendations for continued strategies of implementation that is applicable to the county’s budgeting practices;
•    Assist in supporting ach to identify state and national behavioral health quality measures;
•    Align the county’s existing quality measures to promote medical and Medical; 
•    Advise and recommend best practices in transitioning the county from the existing healthcare common procedure coding system (HCPCS) level ii coding to level i coding that supports an ongoing fee-for-service rate methodology within federal and state requirements; and
•    Support ach and other county staff in developing a robust cost data system to inform rate setting and reimbursement mechanisms including intergovernmental transfer activities.

Networking/Bidders Conference No. 1 Date: April 1, 2026
Networking/Bidders Conference No. 2 Date: April 2, 2026