Department of Veterans Affairs, Acquisition Opeations Service (93A), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420

D -- MEDICAL CARE COST RECOVERY ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE SOL 101-16-98 POC Michael B. Smith, Contracting Officer Fax Number: (202)273-7448 E-MAIL: Michael B. Smith, Contracting Officer, Michael.Smith@mail.va.gov. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Care Cost Recovery (MCCR) Office is soliciting offers for a Fixed-Price, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to implement Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) for Third Party Billing. The VA operates approximately 155 medical care facilities nationwide and initiates approximately 3 million third party claims per year. VA plans to migrate all third party billings, collections, and related transactions (e.g. status notifications, insurance coverage verification) from its current mix of decentralized, proprietary electronic data interchange (EDI) and manual, paper-based systems to electronic commerce standards set forth under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. VA will also investigate new e-commerce technologies, at its discretion, as such technologies emerge. VA intends to use a health care clearinghouse or value added network (VAN) to translate transactions to proprietary carrier formats, including paper UB-92s and HCFA-1500s where necessary, to accomplish a claim. VA intends to use a Contractor to electronically route and translate, as needed, health care claims and related documents such as carrier remittance advice documents. It is VA's desire to use, to the extent feasible, ANSI X12 Transaction Sets (TS) for accomplishing EDI. Data concerning these claims are captured from the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VISTA) operating at VA medical centers. The solicitation will be available on or about May 18, 1998. No copies of the RFP are currently available. If you have questions regarding this procurement, or to request a copy of the solicitation, you may use mail at the address above, fax (202) 273-7448, or e-mail (Michael.Smith@ mail.va.gov) directly to the Contracting Officer. Please reference RFP 101-16-98 on all requests. There is no additional information available, and no phone calls will be honored. (0099)

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