The vendor is required to provide that medical laboratory services for the residents of its 60-bed long-term care skilled nursing center.
- Provide the agency residents with laboratory services as ordered by the attending physician/nurse practitioner and to notify the agency of the test results.
- Provide agency and attending physician/nurse practitioner with the tests results through integration with our point click care electronic medical record platform.
- Comply with all federal and state laws and regulations governing laboratory services. the vendor will also notify agency of any policy changes derived from current state and federal regulations as they affect the laboratory services.
- Make all laboratory services available to all residents without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, age, sex, religion, or handicap.
- Provide agency with cumulative laboratory reports, if and when they become available.
- Provide orientation in-services to agency directly related to the use of laboratory services such as completing the requisitions and proper collection and handling of specimens. reference documents will also be provided.
- Ensuring none of their employees, representatives, independent vendors have been suspended, debarred, excluded or ineligible to participate in federal health care programs, provide copies of necessary background checks if requested by state survey agency (OIG) or regulatory agency.
- Provide a schedule for phlebotomy services and specimen pickup. unscheduled specimen pickup should be available seven days a week.
- Re-testing will be done at the request of agency when the accuracy of the test result is questioned.
- Maintain all required insurances for their employees and facility as long as they remain a vendor of the agency and provide proof of insurance to facility including annual updates.
- All agency policies and review and cover HIPPA/ confidentiality, resident abuse, resident abuse reporting, resident rights, and infection control with staff that will be onsite at least once annually and if any changes are made policies or procedures.
- Contract Period/Term: 1 year
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: February 14, 2025