Description
The State of Missouri's Department of Health and Senior Services is seeking proposals to expand existing graduate medical education programs in rural areas. The goal is to increase the number of physicians practicing in rural Missouri, addressing the shortage of primary care physicians and improving access to healthcare in these areas. The selected contractor will be required to establish a new rural track program, accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), and provide training to residents in addiction medicine or addiction psychiatry. The contractor must have experience operating a Missouri hospital facility, public or independent medical institution, or community-based ambulatory patient care center, and meet specific requirements for personnel qualifications, rural residency program expansion, and accreditation. The contract period is three years, with a budget not exceeding $333,000 per year.
• The contractor shall expand an existing Missouri GME program to add an accredited rural track program (RTP) for the Department of Health and Senior Services.
• The contractor shall train residents for greater than fifty percent (50%) of total residency training in a clinical training site physically located in a rural area.
• The contractor shall participate in an annual, in-person, multi-day GME meeting and other virtual and/or in-person meetings and/or training, as required by the state agency.
• The contractor shall evaluate their activities outlined in their approved workplan and report their progress to the state agency.
• The contractor shall ensure clinical capacity of the RTP meets ACGME program accreditation requirements.