This is a $13,096,337.73 federal contract award from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to TMF Health Quality Institute, a non-profit organization based in Austin, Texas. The contract, titled "Quality Payment Program Small Underserved and Rural Support (QPP-SURS)," is for providing quality improvement services and technical assistance to healthcare providers in small, underserved, and rural areas under CMS's Quality Payment Program. The contract has no set-aside...
This is a definitive contract awarded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a civilian federal agency, to Quality Insights, Inc., a non-profit organization, for the Award Quality Payment Program Small Underserved and Rural Support Program. The contract has a $8,534,602.00 ceiling value and a period of performance through February 15, 2022. It is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract type. The contract is not set aside for any specific business category. Quality Insights, Inc. has...
This federal contract award, identified as HHSM500201700011C, is for the "Quality Payment Program Small Underserved and Rural Support (QPP-SURS)" program. The purpose of this $2,456,033.65 definitive, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is to close out the physically complete contract in accordance with FAR 4.804-5. The prime contractor is Comagine Health, a non-profit healthcare consulting organization headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The contract was awarded by the Centers for Medicare...
The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded a Cost Plus Fixed Fee delivery order to The Mitre Corporation, a non-profit research and development organization, for $23,479,365.00 to provide strategic design and implementation planning for the Quality Payment Program (QPP). The contract has a completion date of September 23, 2023 and was awarded on September 24, 2019. No set-aside was used for this contract. The Mitre Corporation has been...
This is a $23,482,830.00 delivery order awarded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR), a non-profit research organization. The order is under the Research, Measurement, Assessment, Design, and Analysis 2 (RMADA 2) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract and provides support services for the Quality Payment Program (QPP) Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) customer and program....
The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded a $2,174,556.00 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract to Telligen, Inc. for the Quality Payment Program Small Underserved and Rural Support (QPP-SURS) Program. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, was awarded on February 16, 2017 and is scheduled for completion on February 15, 2022. Telligen, Inc., a for-profit organization, has extensive experience providing technical support services and...
This federal contract award was made by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a civilian agency, to the prime contractor The Mitre Corporation, a large non-profit organization that operates federally funded research and development centers. The purpose of the contract is to provide strategic support and implementation services to CMS's Quality Improvement and Innovation Group, helping to transform the agency's quality programs and shift its organizational culture. The contract...
This is a task order awarded under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Alliance to Modernize Healthcare (HEALTH) Federally Funded Research & Development Center (FFRDC) Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV). The $10,031,872.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee task order was awarded to The Mitre Corporation, a non-profit FFRDC, to provide quality payment program (QPP) services. This task order does not have a set-aside designation. The sub-contractor, The ACI Group, Inc., will provide...
The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded a Cost Plus Fixed Fee Delivery Order contract to The Mitre Corporation, a not-for-profit research and development organization, to provide technical authority and support for the Unified Clinical Quality Improvement Framework. The $3,936,584.52 contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, supports the CMS "Patients over Paperwork" initiative to reduce provider burden and...
This is a $4,710,804.00 Cost Plus Fixed Fee definitive contract awarded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to the non-profit organization Healthcentric Advisors, Inc. The contract is for the Quality Payment Program Small Underserved and Rural Support (QPP-SURS) and has a period of performance through February 15, 2022. This contract is not a set-aside. Healthcentric Advisors, Inc. is a consulting firm that provides services related to healthcare quality, safety, and value...
This definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), valued at $12,848,462, supports the Quality Payment Program Small Underserved and Rural Support (QPP-SURS) initiative. Altarum Institute serves as the prime contractor to provide technical assistance to small clinician practices through the Quality Payment Program Resource Center for the Midwest web portal.
Major subcontractors include Northern Illinois University, Northwestern University, Purdue University, University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Stratis Health, Metastar Inc., Michigan Peer Review Organization, and Michigan Medical Advantage Inc. These organizations will assist with tasks such as program management, outreach, clinician engagement, resource center content, virtual support and training, satisfaction assessment, and data capture/reporting.
The contract aims to help clinicians transition from fee-for-service to alternative payment models or the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System. It was awarded by CMS without a set-aside designation and falls under the agency's programs to implement Medicare payment reforms through quality and value-based initiatives.