Many correctional administrators outsource health care to an external entity. However, not being health care experts, many administrators don't know precisely how to craft their RFP and the resulting contract, potentially leading to poor patient outcomes because key elements were missed. This session will highlight an innovative new open-source RFP template and accompanying toolkit to help agencies build outcomes-based RFPs and contracts to increase safety, reduce lawsuits, and decrease recidivism.

Educational Objectives

• Discuss how medical and behavioral health contracting can improve patient safety
• Review a new toolkit for writing an RFP for correctional health care services
• Explain how using the toolkit can help provide constitutionally adequate health care and reduce adverse outcomes

Level: Intermediate