The contractor shall provide a Missouri Graduate Medical Education Feasibility Assessment Program for the Department of Health and Senior Services (hereinafter referred to as the state agency) in accordance with the provisions and requirements stated herein and to the sole satisfaction of the state agency. The requested services for a feasibility assessment for the development of a Missouri rural training program, or new graduate medical education (GME), residency program in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, Psychiatry, or General Surgery accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), that incorporates eight (8) weeks of cumulative addiction training, and eight (8) weeks of cumulative training in a rural area. The completion of a feasibility assessment will assist organizations with planning and preparations to create new residency programs to address the physician workforce shortages within the state and the challenges rural and underserved communities face. The contractor shall conduct a feasibility assessment for the establishment of an ACGME-accredited residency program, new program, or a rural training track program, that is sustainable long-term through viable and stable funding mechanisms, such as Medicare, Medicaid, and other public or private funding sources. The contractor’s feasibility assessment shall determine the feasibility of incorporating a cumulative eight (8) weeks of addiction medicine or addiction psychiatry training and a cumulative eight (8) weeks of training in a rural area, and be in one of the following practice disciplines: Family Medicine, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, or Psychiatry.
