SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Federal Reimbursement of Emergency Health Services
- Notice Date
- 8/11/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 524114
— Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of Acquisition and Grants Management, 7500 Security Blvd., C2-21-15, Baltimore, Maryland, 21244-1850
- ZIP Code
- 21244-1850
- Solicitation Number
- RFP-CMS-2009-0022
- Point of Contact
- Alice F Calabro, Phone: 410-786-4663, Christina Honey, Phone: 4107865791
- E-Mail Address
-
alice.calabro@cms.hhs.gov, christina.honey@cms.hhs.gov
(alice.calabro@cms.hhs.gov, christina.honey@cms.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to solicit proposals for an administrative contractor for Section 1011 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. Section 1011, Federal Reimbursement of Emergency Health Services Furnished to Undocumented Aliens requires that the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) directly pay certain hospitals, physicians, and ambulance suppliers for their un-reimbursed costs of furnishing certain emergency services to certain patients. In response to this statutory mandate, CMS is seeking an administrative contractor for Section 1011 program. The contractor must be able to: • Demonstrate experience in processing Medicare Part A and Part B claims using the Fiscal Intermediary Share System; • Demonstrate capability to issue payments to approximately 5,000 hospitals, 5,000 ambulance providers and 300,000 physicians in all 50 states and the District of Columbia; • Calculate accurate provider payments according to the established Section 1011 payment methodology based on the FISS system and its components including Inpatient Grouper, the Outpatient Code Editor, the Inpatient pricer, the Physician Fee Schedule, and the Ambulance Fee Schedule; • Monitor and adhere to all information security policies, standards, procedures, directives, templates, and guidelines that govern the CMS Information Security Program (found at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/informationsecurity/). The proposed period of performance is February 1, 2010 through September 30, 2014. It is anticipated that CMS will award a contract on or about February 1, 2010. The Contracting Office is: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 7500 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21224 Contract Specialist - Alice Calabro 410-786-4663 Contracting Officer - Tina Honey 410-786-5791 The action is expected to be a full and open competitive, with a Cost Plus Fixed Fee type of contract. The solicitation is expected to be issued on or about August 26, 2009. The NAICS code is 524114.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/HCFA/AGG/RFP-CMS-2009-0022/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 7500 Security Blvd., Baltimore, Maryland, 21244, United States
- Zip Code: 21244
- Zip Code: 21244
- Record
- SN01907930-W 20090813/090812001743-a8fc79c2f97408330bd41797c5c01247 (fbodaily.com)
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