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A -- SURVEY OF MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES ENROLLED OR DISENROLLED IN MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PLANS SOL 9501-510 due 072895. Contact Point: Beth Docteur, Analyst, (202) 653-7200. Contracting Officer: Lauren LeRoy, Acting Executive Director (202) 653-7220. The Commission seeks to develop, test, and field a questionnaire for use in surveying Medicare beneficiaries who are either enrolled in or disenrolled from Medicare managed care plans. This survey would be used to obtain information about Medicare beneficiaries' experiences with managed care plans, and how those experiences affect their access to care. The managed care experiences of certain vulnerable subgroups of the beneficiary population may be analyzed and compared to those of the general beneficiary population. This information is expected to be used to help assess the effects of potential health policy initiatives and to formulate policy recommendations for the Congress. Prospective bidders should have experience in designing and conducting surveys. The anticipated release date of the Request for Proposals is June 29, 1995; written and telephone requests are acceptable. Anticipated proposals are due by close of business on July 28, 1995. The Physician Payment Review Commission is an independent agency created in 1986 (PL-99-272) to advise the Congress on reforms for paying physicians for their services to Medicare beneficiaries. In 1990, its mandate was expanded to included additional topics in health care policy concerning the financing, quality, and delivery of health services. (171)

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