Inmate Medical and Pharmacy Services

The Vendor is required to provide comprehensive medical and pharmacy services to inmates incarcerated in the county.
- Provide the staffing, supplies, in-clinic contracts, systems, and administration to provide the following services to the patients at the County.
- Health Care Services:
•    Intake Screening
•    14 day physicals
•    Sick Call
•    Chronic Care
•    Medical Delivery
•    Nursing Services
•    Emergency Services
•    Referrals to Hospital and Specialty Care
•    Case management
•    Utilization Management
•    Prior Authorization
•    Billing Adjudication
•    Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement
•    Offender Health Education
•    Medical Records management
•    Expendable Medical Supplies (Includes all expendables in sufficient quantity to execute daily delivery of medical care such as antifungal creams dressings, over the counter analgesics, cold medicines) (excludes pharmacy orders for prescription meds)
•    All office supplies, printing postage, manuals, telephones, and computer not directly involved in the actual point of delivery inmate medical care will be responsibility of the vender.
•    Formulary Development and Management
•    In clinic labs (includes contract with lab services provider)
•    In clinic x-ray services (includes contract with mobile x-ray)
•    Dental services (will not include costs associated with partials, dentures, and oral surgery conducted off site)
•    Hazardous Waste Management and Disposal (includes contract with waste management Disposal Company)
•    Vender is responsible for providing its employees with all equipment required for conducting routine medical assessments and procedures to include but not limited to any devices used to access vital signs, dopplers, stethoscopes, glucometers and test strips, dressings, suture kits etc.
•    Drugs and Alcohol Withdrawal and Detox.
•    Vender is responsible for filing Medicare.
- Pharmacy Services
•    Formulary and non-formulary oversight
•    Prescribing and dispensing of medications
•    Recordkeeping
•    Management data and reports quantifying medications ordered, processed, delivered, and disposed.
•    Reports shall be delivered in a mutually agreed upon HIPAA-compliant format.
- Elective care is any treatment or medical intervention not required to prevent deterioration in the patient’s health or required to avoid obvious harm to the inmate/patient.