Bizzell Awarded a Contract to Develop a Curriculum for Treating Alzheimer’s Disease

The Bizzell Group (Bizzell) is pleased to announce that our firm was awarded a multi-year contract with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to develop a “Uniform Curriculum for the Identification and Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease for Primary Care Providers”. In designing a Uniform Curriculum to effectively identify and treat Alzheimer’s disease, Bizzell is developing training along the continuum of learning for health care providers which includes academic and health professional scholastic education for student trainees enrolled in health care training programs (e.g., schools of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, and master’s and doctoral-level graduate training programs), continuing medical education and continuing education for geriatric health care professionals.

Alzheimer’s disease is an epidemic that continues to grow as people live to an older age. Experts believe as many as 5.4 million people in the U.S. have Alzheimer’s disease. According to the National Institute on Aging, the number of people with the disease doubles every 5-year interval beyond age 65. Government projections show that the number of people ages 65 and older in the United States is expected to grow from 40 million in 2010 to 72.1 million in 2030.

“Our company is honored to lead this important national effort for the Health Resources and Services Administration”, said Anton Bizzell, MD, CEO of Bizzell. “Alzheimer’s disease was the contributing factor in the loss of both my maternal grandmother and great-grandmother and the work is clearly needed with the number of Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease expected to more than triple by 2050.”

HRSA IDIQ Contract Awarded to Bizzell

The Bizzell Group (Bizzell) celebrates the award of a critical Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable.

Bizzell will provide technical and consultative assistance in support of HRSA grantees, including onsite and off-site visits and technical assistance (TA) for health centers, national cooperative agreements, State/regional primary care associations, FQHC Look-Alikes, universities, community-based programs, AIDS service organizations, grantees, etc.

The contract is intended to enhance overall primary health care program performance and management of grantee activities.  This particular award is perfectly aligned with Bizzell’s extensive experience in health care services and support.

Bizzell Supports Responsible Healthcare Provider Prescribing Education

By: Anton C. Bizzell, M.D.

December 10, 2013 – Opioid analgesics have become controversial drugs that are widely used for the management of moderate to severe pain, but are widely abuse and diverted for non-medical purposes. While there has been a marked decrease in the use of some illegal drugs, data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) show that nearly one-third of people aged 12 and over who used drugs for the first time in 2009 began by using a prescription drug non-medically.

Addressing the prescription drug abuse epidemic is a top priority for The Bizzell Group (Bizzell). Our staff designs, develops, and delivers specialized training and technical assistance for health care providers—from physicians to psychologists, social workers, substance abuse treatment staff, and peer counselors. We understand which tools and resources are the most effective for reaching and communicating with multiple specialized audiences including adults, teens, teachers, and medical professionals. In addition, we support the development and dissemination of sound educational programs for not only health providers, but also for the American public and other stakeholders.

“We provide comprehensive programs of support for efforts to reduce the burden of prescription drug use, misuse, and abuse on the American people”, says Anton Bizzell, MD, Bizzell’s CEO. “Currently, we are offering technical assistance and training that includes developing education courses for physicians, developing educational materials for dissemination, conducting literature reviews and analyses, developing and compiling best practices materials, and providing logistical support for meetings across the U.S”.

Bizzell supports the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Gender Integration Trainings

November 1, 2013 – Through a contract awarded by U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID), The Bizzell Group (Bizzell) provides the agency with short-term technical assistance designed to develop and facilitate gender trainings for the more than 450 USAID Developmental Leadership Initiative (DLI) Interns. The DLIs, located in missions around the world, work in areas of Global Health, Agriculture, Economics, Democracy and Governance.

Through our technical assistance, Bizzell is helping to train DLIs on the status of all new initiatives, strategies, and policies within USAID and U. S. Government that relate to gender integration, gender based violence, and Women, Peace, and Security as well as F Gender Indicators, and Operational Plans, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Indicators and budget attributions.

As a result of our involvement in the program, we are helping DLIs to increase their knowledge about strategies for integrating gender equality and female empowerment into Mission strategic frameworks, Country Development Cooperation Strategies (CDCS), evaluations, work plans, scopes of work, requests for assistance and proposals, and briefing documents. During the 2013 calendar year, Bizzell staff provided trainings in Bangkok, Thailand in January and September, as well as developed training for local USAID staff in the Washington, DC area. Future considerations for trainings include Budapest, Prague, Mozambique, Morocco, and the Middle East.