Q -- AMENDMENT TO THE NATIONAL QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM (NQMC) MARKET SURVEY

Notice Date

November 8, 2001

Contracting Office

Other Defense Agencies, Office of the Secretary of Defense, TRICARE Management Activity, 16401 East Centretech Parkway, Aurora, CO, 80011

ZIP Code

80011

Description

AMENDMENT TO THE NATIONAL QUALITY MONITORING CONTRACT (NQMC) MARKET SURVEY (PREVIOUSLY POSTED ON THE TRICARE WEBSITE ON OCTOBER 15 & 17, 2001, REF NO. 02-0002) The current National Quality Monitoring Contract, Contract No. MDA906-97-D-0004, entered the final one-year Option Period on November 1, 2001. As a result of the proposed changes to the current at-risk managed care, contracting approach for the TRICARE program, we are anticipating changes to both utilization management (UM) and quality management (QM) for the TRICARE beneficiaries. Therefore, we are considering awarding a short-term 9-12 months contract, effective November 1, 2002, to continue the current Managed Care Support Contract (MCSC) oversight activities to include utilization review, quality review and peer review. The review activity related to MCSAC oversight would begin to phase down shortly after the start work date of the contract and progressively thereafter as the new TRICARE contracts come on line. This contract would be concluded within 12 months. Prior to or during the 9-12 month time period, we plan to issue another RFP that would include the revised UM/QM activities to reflect the changes in the TRICARE program. Are you interested in a short-term, phase-out contract? [__] YES [__] NO (PLEASE NOTE: If you completed the NQMC Market Survey prior to November 7th, we ask that you re-submit your information. Due to an error, not all of the intended information was captured on our survey. It is very important that we receive the new survey with the completed information. If in doubt, please re-submit the survey.) FIRST NAME: LAST NAME: ORGANIZATION: ADDRESS 1: ADDRESS 2: CITY, STATE, ZIP: PHONE: E-MAIL ADDRESS: COMMENTS: If you did not respond to the questions in the earlier Commerce Business Daily (CBD) notice of May 24, 2001, you will also need to provide responses to all of those questions. The TRICARE link URL for this survey is at: http://www.tricare.osd.mil/contracting/healthcare/marketsurvey/index.cfm ?attributes fx=3Doriginal survey

Web Link

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Record

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