Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a contractor to provide community-based residential treatment and case management for the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System in New Orleans, Louisiana. The contractor will be expected to provide a 25-bed capacity and maintain a therapeutic environment for veterans. The program will function primarily as transitional recovery housing with structured therapeutic programming, while veterans engage in community reintegration activities such as employment. The contractor will be responsible for providing all counseling and clinical services within the per diem rate and will not be able to bill the patient's VACCN insurance coverage separately. The contractor will also be responsible for transportation to VA appointments.
Some key points to note include:
• The facility must be located within 15 to 20 miles of the VA in New Orleans.
• The contractor must maintain a therapeutic environment by housing all patients in the same facility.
• The contractor must provide an active affiliation with a dual diagnosis 12-step Program organized according to Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous as minimum therapeutic programming required.
• The VA provides all medical, psychiatric, and pharmacy services, and the contractor is not expected to provide these services onsite.
• The contractor will be paid strictly based on utilized bed days of care.