- Inquiry #1
The University of Illinois Department of Psychiatry intends to respond ONLY to the CHIPs portion of the RFI. In completing the application for the CHIPs portion ONLY please address the following questions:
- Section VI: We intend to respond ONLY to the CHIPs portion of the RFI. In completing this section and all subsequent attachments do we only provide information as it pertains to our inpatient services or include information that would include the ED, inpatient and outpatient.
- Attachment A: Do we only provided information as it pertains to our inpatient and emergency room services.
- Attachment B: Does this apply to CHIPs ONLY applications?
- Attachment C: Which program code do we use for inpatient psychiatric services? Do we list services in ED if the ED will only be used as an entry point and assessment for inpatient admission.
- Attachment D: Do we only provided information as it pertains to our inpatient and emergency room services.
One additional question. What is the response turnaround time from DMH and will you be responding to individual questions via e-mail?
Attachment A: Do we use the overall number of staff as the denominator in describing the specific staffing characterists?
Do the below two questions on Attachment A pertain to CHIPs portion or community health providers.
- List of languages spoken by direct service staff including number of staff by credential who speak each language.
- List of ethnic groups in which the agency has cultural competence including number of staff by credential with the demonstrated competence for each ethnic group.
Cherise Rosen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health
Director of Quality Management Services Research
Department of Psychiatry
University of Illinois at Chicago 1601 Taylor Street, Suite 489 Chicago, Illinois, 60612
(Telephone: 312.355.5234) crosen@psych.uic.edu
DMH RESPONSE:
Section VI: We intend to respond ONLY to the CHIPs portion of the RFI. In completing this section and all subsequent attachments do we only provide information as it pertains to our inpatient services or include information that would include the ED, inpatient and outpatient. You need to complete Section VI attachments for each and any specific programs you are proposing to us for funding.
Attachment A: Do we only provided information as it pertains to our inpatient and emergency room services. For CHIPs proposals, as available from Inpatient unit.
Attachment B: Does this apply to CHIPs ONLY applications? YES for inpatient unit as applicable.
Attachment C: Which program code do we use for inpatient psychiatric services? Program Number is NOT APPLICABLE just use the Inpatient Psychiatric row to complete your information input into those cells.
Do we list services in ED if the ED will only be used as an entry point and assessment for inpatient admission. NO
Attachment D: Do we only provided information as it pertains to our inpatient and emergency room services. For CHIPs proposals, as available from Inpatient unit
One additional question. What is the response turnaround time from DMH and will you be responding to individual questions via e-mail?
The Due Date for the electronic submission of your proposal has been changed to COB on Friday April 20, 2012 from the original close of business (COB) Monday, April 16, 2012.
Electronic submissions of your proposals should be sent to dhs.mh@illinois.gov by COB, Friday, April 20, 2012.
The exact written submission of your proposal must arrive as directed in the RFI by COB Monday, April 23, 2012 (allows for overnight mailing of submission made on April 20, 2012).
Attachment A: Do we use the overall number of staff as the denominator in describing the specific staffing characterists?
"Staffing Characteristics" is a title line not for cell information or completion in the adjacent column.
Do the below two questions on Attachment A pertain to CHIPs portion or community health providers
The "language and ethnic group" information is helpful to assist DMH in assessing how the needs of consumers can be addressed.
- Inquiry #2
We do not have a behavioral health unit - nor do we currently have any services contracted through the Illinois DMH.
This document states Phase 1 will focus on engaging individuals presenting at community hospitals. It goes on to show the 5 new programs in green on page 9 - that the state department of mental health (DMH) hopes to promote through this RFI. CHIPS and BILT cannot apply to us because we do not have an existing behavioral health unit - which is one of the requirements. But the crisis outreach program could apply to us if we had qualified professionals in our ED - AND if we contract with DMH. My question is - do we have to complete this RFI by April 16 if we decide to do this? Can't we contract with DMH later?? (because we'll need time to find a qualified professional if that's the hospital's decision)… I read the prototype at Advocate Illinois Masonic ED (page 74) which was interesting. It mentions they receive DMH funding for their ED crisis team and for medication provided to the indigent patient. They do not have an inpatient behavioral health unit either. So - if we decided to replicate their model - could we seek funding through DMH after the April 16 RFI deadline?
Thanks for your time/help. We're trying to make sense out of this document as to how it could apply to us.
Maureen Drumm R.N. MHA
Maureen.Drumm@AHSS.ORG
Director Case Management/Social Services
Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital
500 Remington Blvd Bolingbrook, IL 60440
office: 630-312-6088 pager: 630-512-2260 fax: 630-312-6830
DMH RESPONSE:
CHIPs and BILT: You are correct CHIPs would not be indicated for your hospital if you do not have existing licensed psychiatric beds (Acute Mental Illness category of service). BILT services, as in the Advocate model as well as at other hospitals, are often distinct sections of the hospital's ED in which persons with behavioral health crises are assessed and treated.
ED based Assessment / Linkage (page 9) could be alternative for which Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital could submit a proposal.
Crisis Outreach would likely be services, under contract to a community mental health provider, which would done in your ED to assist your ED staff with assessment and linkage activity.
We are expecting to contract with providers based on receipt of their interests and actual proposals including projected budget information. We would then negotiate with possible vendors regarding their submission. We would like to finalize negotiations and contracting by early May so as to allow contractors the opportunity to hire and train staff and provide, in some limited instances, treatment services but all for a transition on July 1st.
Advocate Northside (Illinois Masonic) does have an inpatient Psychiatric unit.
We do not expect to re-bid for these services beyond this RFI's deadline of April 20, 2012.
- Inquiry #3
Re the deadline……
Does the paper copy need to be mailed by the 16th (postmarked) or in your possession by the close of business?
Pete McLenighan, Executive Director
Stepping Stones, Inc.
1621 Theodore Street Joliet, IL 60435 Phone: 815-744-4555 / Fax: 815-744-4670 pmclenighan@steppingstonestreatment.com
DMH RESPONSE:
The Due Date for the electronic submission of your proposal has been changed to COB on Friday April 20, 2012 from the original close of business (COB) Monday, April 16, 2012.
Electronic submissions of your proposals should be sent to dhs.mh@illinois.gov by COB, Friday, April 20, 2012.
The exact written submission of your proposal must arrive as directed in the RFI by COB Monday, April 23, 2012 (allows for overnight mailing of submission made on April 20, 2012).
- Inquiry #4
May we disregard if we are not located in Region 1 south?
Diane Pleasant
pleasantcounseling@yahoo.com
DMH RESPONSE:
Your actions in response to the RFI is only required should you wish to provide services to the target population as identified in the RFI.
- Inquiry #5
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center is interested in applying for CHIPS funding. Since the psychiatric staffing composition has changed from mostly attending to salaried psychiatrists, the obstacles that limited the use of CHIPS funding in the past no longer apply. Mercy Hospital routinely admits unfunded persons from our ED to the Inpatient Mental Health Unit. I have perused the e-mail and attachments pertaining to ATTP sent on 4-6-12, particularly Appendices 6 & 7 that refer to CHIPS.
I had a couple of questions:
- Is the application for CHIPS only a narrative of the hospital's qualifications and capacity? It seemed that the Attachments that were part of the full ACCT application might not apply to CHIPS only application.
- In Appendix 7, there is a listing of CHIPS and Non-CHIPS hospitals with information broken down into 4 categories. Can you help identify how Column 2 & 4 are calculated?
- History FY 11 ED Admissions
- CHIPS @ 60 % (What does this mean?)
- Projected Inpatient Days
- Projected ADC (What does this mean?)
Judy Opat
jopat@mercy-chicago.org
DMH RESPONSE:
Is the application for CHIPS only a narrative of the hospital's qualifications and capacity? YES
It seemed that the Attachments that were part of the full ACCT application might not apply to CHIPS only application.
AS from similar question above Attachment A: Do we only provided information as it pertains to our inpatient and emergency room services. For CHIPs proposals, as available from Inpatient unit.
Attachment B: Does this apply to CHIPs ONLY applications? YES for inpatient unit as applicable.
Attachment C: Which program code do we use for inpatient psychiatric services? Program Number is NOT APPLICABLE just use the Inpatient Psychiatric row to complete your information input into those cells. Do we list services in ED if the ED will only be used as an entry point and assessment for inpatient admission. NO
Attachment D: Do we only provided information as it pertains to our inpatient and emergency room services. For CHIPs proposals, as available from Inpatient unit.
In Appendix 7, there is a listing of CHIPS and Non-CHIPS hospitals with information broken down into 4 categories. Can you help identify how Column 2 & 4 are calculated?
History FY 11 ED Admissions: This is official Tinley Park MHC information specific to the number of admissions during FY11 that came from that hospital.
CHIPS @ 60 % (What does this mean?) As stated in the RFI under Clinical Focus group section, a large percentage of cases admitted to TPMHC did not meet the standard of care for an inpatient admission. For our initial planning purposes, we have projected that @60% of admissions to TPMHC from these hospital EDs would still need an inpatient admission and therefore used this as a projected CHIPs admission total.
Projected Inpatient Days This equals - Projected CHIPs Admissions times a 6 day average length of stay (ALOS).
Projected ADC (What does this mean?) Using the projection of days this would be the average daily census of cases under the CHIPs contract at or for that hospital.
- Inquiry #6
I received your RFI documents and attachments last week. MacNeal hospital is interested in purchasing CHIPS services. In referring to the attachments, can you help clarify which attachments (A, B, C, or D) and/or sections of attachments would apply to purchasing CHIPS beds for an existing hospital with inpatient psychiatric units?
Emily Smith, LCPC, CADC, BC-DMT
Director of Clinical Operations
MacNeal Hospital BHS 708-783-3732 emsmith@MACNEAL.COM
DMH RESPONSE:
As from a similar question above
Attachment A: Do we only provided information as it pertains to our inpatient and emergency room services. For CHIPs proposals, as available from Inpatient unit
Attachment B: Does this apply to CHIPs ONLY applications? YES for inpatient unit as applicable
Attachment C: Which program code do we use for inpatient psychiatric services? Program Number is NOT APPLICABLE just use the Inpatient Psychiatric row to complete your information input into those cells.
Do we list services in ED if the ED will only be used as an entry point and assessment for inpatient admission. NO
Attachment D: Do we only provided information as it pertains to our inpatient and emergency room services. For CHIPs proposals, as available from Inpatient unit
