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99 -- HIGH COST OF POOR QUALITY" POC Susan Crizer, Contract Specialist, (410) 786-5167 Pending the availability of funds, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) intends to award on a sole source basis, under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures a firm fixed price award to the Midwest Business Group on Health, 8765 West Higgins Road, Chicago, Illinois 60631 for the following services: HCFA is currently engaged with a coalition of health care purchasers organized by the Midwest Business Group on Health to determine the "High Cost of Poor Quality". HCFA, along with other private health care purchasers will conduct a study on the unnecessary health care cost associated with the underuse and overuse of appropriate medical services, as well as, medical errors. The contractor will be responsible for organizing the coalition and conducting the study. In addition the contractor will convene expert panels of; private sector health care purchasers, quality management experts, economists, and health services researchers to develop tools for purchasers use in measuring and reducing the "High Cost of Poor Quality". The contractor must have extensive knowledge of value-managed health care purchasing, expertise in forming and acting within a coalition structure, a proven track record of organizing forums between public and private health care purchasers, and the experience in acquiring funding for such projects. Posted 08/24/99 (D-SN371363). (0236)

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