The vendor is required to provide identifying board certified neonatologists with clinical, accreditation and regulatory experience to provide consultation in the development of survey processes, guides, and tools to support the designation of neonatal intensive care units, and to explore the associated costs for consultation in the development.
- Neonatal intensive care units (NICU) and transitions the service into the licensure program with quality requirements, which will require the development of survey processes, guides, and tools to support designation of neonatal intensive care units.
- Development of a list of site visit information and materials required to be provided by the NICU facility.
- Appropriate of verification survey guides and tools.
- Appropriate survey site visits agendas and scheduling timeframes by facility level.
- Appropriate priority considerations in the verification survey process including evaluation of quality assurance programs / chart review, medical record review (clinical elements, volume and case type), staff credentialing review, call schedules and protocols, facility policies and procedures and operational performance improvement.
- Appropriate composition of and roles of survey team members.
- Development of verification report templates required from survey teams.
- Feedback on state agency policies that are developed in relation to the NICU verification program.
- Pre-Response Teleconference Date: March 27, 2025