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B -- FEASIBILITY PROJECT TO DEVELOP ESTIMATES OF MANAGED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE RISK CORRIDORS BASED ON POPULATION AND FINANCING SOL 98M002758 POC Marisha L. Foreman, Contracting Officer (301) 443-6762 E-MAIL: Program Support Center, mforeman@psc.dhhs.gov. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Office of Managed Care, through the Program Support Center, ADP Acquisitions Branch, has a one (1) year requirement to develop an analytical report that shall provide public sector regulators and purchasers of managed behavioral health care (MBHC) products with empirically derived actuarial estimates of MBHC cost corridors. The report shall provide estimates on at least three dimensions: population characteristics; financing models; and benefit designs. Where actuarially sound data are not available from public MBHC demonstrations, the analytical report shall provide estimates (and document estimation models) that public purchasers and regulators could use until more empirically-derived and tested estimates are available. The analytical report shall describe an evaluation strategy to increase the precision of cost corridors as more data becomes available from public MBHC demonstrations. The goal is to obtain reliable, comprehensivedata on comparative rates in a variety of geographic, programmatic, and benefit environments, plus a model for optimal rate ranges which can be tested using the available data and can be compared to the state of the art in programs throughout the country. This acquisition is being made utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures and is 100% set-aside for small businesses. See Numbered Note 1. All requests for the Request for Quotation (RFQ) shall be submitted in writing, ATTN: Marisha Foreman. The RFQ shall be released on or about 15 days from the date of publication of this synopsis. Posted 08/11/98 (W-SN235295). (0223)

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