An announcement has been for applications for the provision of screening, referral and treatment services for residents, students, and others in the community, related to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City. The program is aimed at the ‘non-responder population.’ Since September 11, 2001, the Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, and NIOSH have been active in assessing the health impact of the World Trade Center disaster. There is currently a program in place to provide health assessment examinations, diagnosis, and treatment for first response emergency personnel (the responder population) in the New York City (NYC) area. The application deadline is August 25, 2008.The grant awardee would be involved in the following activities:
1. Immediately provide for accessible health assessments, eligibility confirmation, diagnostic, referral and treatment services (including medications and durable medical equipment) to the non-responder population for health conditions associated with WTC dust/debris exposure.
2. Identify the organizational components required to support access to these services, including personnel, examination venues, maintenance of patient records, data platforms and management, compliance with applicable laws, assurance of quality care, coordination of healthcare benefits, and programmatic recordkeeping.
3. Provide referral and treatment services with grant funds only as the Payor of Last Resort. Private health insurance (self-funded or employer-funded), workers’ compensation insurance (employer-funded), and government-funded health insurance (Medicare and Medicaid) shall be used first before grant funds are used. Applicants should demonstrate their capacity to determine insurance status and to seek reimbursement from outside payers. Funds shall not be used to supplant existing activities or for the treatment of the responder population.
4. Establish service information and patient management systems as needed in order to accommodate intake, referral, prompt healthcare services, and reporting of the services provided to the non-responder population. In carrying out these activities, collaborate with other WTC-related healthcare providers, as appropriate and needed.
5. Develop a written Management and Prioritization Plan which identifies the projected service delivery area, explains how the assessment of potential non-responder patient needs will be determined, provides a strategy to ensure meeting those needs, and provides a section focused on ensuring prioritization and management of this program’s health services delivery to meet those needs, within the broader context of all organizational activities and responsibilities. The applicant should state an estimate for the number of non-responders to be served with the requested funds and provide a justification based on an estimation of the projected costs to provide health assessment examinations, and the costs to provide treatment for the expected World Trade Center-related conditions that will be identified.
6. Provide patient encounter reporting on health assessment examinations and treatment to NIOSH for quality assurance. 7. Establish and maintain information and data management systems that will ensure the provision to NIOSH of electronic data in a uniform fashion
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