Description
The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is seeking the services of a group of licensed physicians to provide medical expertise, advice, and consultation in the area of disability benefit and claim matters. The selected contractor will be responsible for providing consultative medical opinions, preparing advisory medical opinions, and providing training to the disability staff as required. The contractor must organize and train physicians and staff for all functions under this contract and provide technical assistance of specialists when necessary. The RRB anticipates requesting approximately 2700 medical opinions per year, with about 12% for mental impairments, 60% for physical impairments, and 28% for simultaneous mental and physical assessments.
• The contractor must provide licensed physicians who are knowledgeable of both the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) and the Social Security Act (SSA).
• The contractor must provide consultative medical opinions in writing using the appropriate forms.
• The contractor must achieve timeliness standards in at least 95% of the cases.
• The contractor must provide trained physicians and staff who have trained non-medical professionals at all levels of expertise.
• The contractor must provide optional non-case related other medical professional services when requested by the RRB.