Civil Surgeon

***Updated, 12/5/24: updated the solicitation release date*** Designated Civil Surgeons perform immigration medical exams. USCIS requires verification of medical license status, board certification status, and reporting of any derogatory or adverse actions impacting the standing of the designated Civil Surgeons (M.D.s and D.O.s). USCIS requires the verification of medical licenses four (4) times per year as well as monthly for expiring licenses. The licensing information must be obtained from the primary licensing verification source. The primary licensing verification source is defined as the state authority which governs and controls the licensing of M.D.s and D.O.s to practice medicine in the respective state. State authority may be located in the US, Puerto Rico, Guam, US Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. USCIS requires continuous monitoring and reporting of derogatory information/adverse actions and standing of the designated Civil Surgeons twelve (12) times per year. The derogatory information/adverse action information must be obtained from the primary reporting source, National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). The primary derogatory information/adverse action reporting source is defined as a federal repository of reports and is a workforce tool that prevents practitioners from moving state to state without disclosure or discovery of previous damaging performance. The monitoring information must be obtained from the primary reporting sources; state licensing boards, medical malpractice payers, health plans, hospitals, and other health care entities. USCIS requires verification of medical board certification status and standing of the designated Civil Surgeons (M.D.s and D.O.s) at a minimum of four (4) times per year. The certification information must be obtained from the primary certification verification sources; to include the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS) to obtain the verification of internal, family medicine and/or pediatric medical certifications. Be advised, the requirements for medical board certification are optional and may be exercised upon publication of the regulation regarding medical board certification verification and is expected to be published by fiscal year 2025. This requirement shall be initiated upon the publication of the new regulation. The vendor shall be notified once the regulation has been implemented and may require modification of the order. After award, but prior to start of this contract a Background investigation is required for all contracted employees (to include applicants, temporaries, part-time and replacement employees) under the contract, needing access to sensitive but unclassified information. All background investigations will be processed through OSI PSD.