DHHS, PHS, IHS, NAO, Cherokee Indian Hospital, Caller Box C-268, Cherokee, NC 28719

Q -- OPTHAMOLOGY SERVICES SOL 285-RFQ-0-011 DUE 110399 POC Michael Parker (828) 497-9163, Ext. 208 E-MAIL: CIH ACQUISITION, MICHAEL A. PARKER@ADMIN.1NASEBC@IHS">PARKER@ADMIN.1NASEBC@IHS. 1.) Contractor shall provide three weekly clinics during contract period (November 9, 1999 through October 31, 2000), with 44 scheduled patients to be held in the Community Health Department at the Cherokee Indian Hospital. The clinics shall last approximately 8 hours per day(8:00 AM -- 4:30 PM). Any rescheduling of clinic days or times shall involve consultation with the Contractor by the Government, but shall be at the convenience of the Government. 2.) Services required shall include: refractive errors, Prescribe corrective leneses/contact lenses, perform tension checks, Screen for other disease processes, Performa post-op checks and treatment follow-ups, consult with staff physicians regarding referrals and findings of patients requiring treatment or surgery, and Provide an assistant for ech on-site clinic to screen vision, dilate eyes, check pressures and blood sugars. 3.) The following equipment will be provided by the Government at no additional cost or charge to the Contractor in conducting on-site clinics: refractor, slit lamp, tonometer (manual and air puff), black wand occluder, reading cards, adult trial frames, opthalmoscope, and projector. 4.) The following equipment is to be supplied by the Contractor at no additional cost to the Government for the clinics: Prisms, keeler clips, pediatric trail frames, and indirect opthalmoscope. 5.) Reports of findings will be required on each patient seen. these will be filed in the patient and CHN files and given to the rehabilitation counselor (if needed) and the hospital physician as necessary. Documentation will be done on Cherokee Indian Hospital forms. 6.) The Contractor shall provide services to In-patients and Out-patients scheduled by the Government physicians at the Cherokee Indian Hospital. The Contractor shall take a history and perform an appropriate examination. the findings shall be correlated with the laboratory and x-ray findings. The Contractor shall make a verbal report to the Government physician and shall make a written consultation on the patient's medical chart. The written consultation shall include the findings, impression and recommendations about the management. 7.) The contractor shall be available for consultation by telephone and shall give recommendations to the Government physician about management of patients seen between clinics at no charge to the Government. 8.) The Contractor shall have: Certification by the American Board of Opthamology, Unrestricted license to practice medicine in North Carolina, Unrestricted privileges in the specialty of opthamology at the hospital in which the major portion of the services are rendered. It is required that no serious ethical charges are outstanding and a review of previous ethical behavior shall be convincing evidence that the contractor practices his/her specialty with high ethical standars. Posted 10/18/99 (W-SN392623). (0291)

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