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D -- MAINTENANCE OF THE FISCAL INTERMEDIARY STANDARD SYSTEM SOL HCFA-98-0006 POC Kimberly Tatum, (410)786-1009/Contracting Officer, Pamela K. Collins The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) intends to procure, under full and open competition, the maintenance of the Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) bills processing software. This software processes all of the nationally generated Medicare bills for beneficiaries who received services from a variety of inpatient hospitals, outpatient facilities, and institutional facilities including skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospice care. The current volume of Medicare Fiscal Intermediary bills is expected to exceed 163.6 million bills in fiscal year 1998. The recipient of this award is responsible for ensuring that all Medicare Fiscal Intermediary program changes are programmed in accordance with Medicare regulations and requirements in the key areas of: 1) data collection and validation, 2) bills control, 3) pricing, 4) adjudication, 5) correspondence, 6) reporting, 7) reimbursement and 8) financial processing. Duties include: 1) data and computer software mapping, 2) coding and implementing Medicare operational and policy determinations/enhancements, 3) writing and testing Fiscal Intermediary bills processing software, 4) writing and maintaining systems documentation 5) providing help desk and Change Control Board (CCB) activities, 6) ensuring the computer software remains millennium compliant, and 7) supporting Medicare Fiscal Intermediary high volume processing. Since the success of this procurement has such a national impact on the Medicare Program and its beneficiaries, offerors need to demonstrate their ability to handle a voluminous workload with the highest degree of accuracy, quality, and timeliness. A one base year with 4 option years contract is anticipated. All requests for this solicitation must be submitted in writing. For reporting purposes only, any firm responding to this synopsis needs to indicate in their WRITTEN REQUEST their current size status: Large Business, Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women-Owned Business, 8(a), and/or Historically Black College or University/Minority Institution (HBCU/MI). The estimated award date is September 1998 with work beginning October 1, 1998. (0079)

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