The purpose of this contract action is to solicit and secure an entity which will be designated as national content developer (NCD) in support of partnership for patients 2.0. The NCD, under the terms…

This federal contract was 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, to serve as the National Content Developer (NCD) in support of the Partnership for Patients 2.0 initiative. The $2,522,172.06 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is not set aside and is issued under the Small Business Expedited Research and Demonstration (SBRAD) indefinite delivery vehicle.

The NCD will develop and adapt materials and methods to expand promising work to a national scale, coordinate with and provide technical guidance to Hospital Engagement Networks (HENs), and support the collection of critical information to design new payment and service delivery models. Key subcontractors include the Center for Quality Systems Improvement (doing business as Cynosure Health), Qlarant Quality Solutions, Inc. (Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care), and CSI Solutions, LLC, who will provide clinical support, HEN outreach, quality improvement expertise, and knowledge management portal maintenance, respectively.

The purpose of this contract action is to solicit and secure an entity which will be designated as national content developer (NCD) in support of partnership for patients 2.0. The NCD, under the terms and conditions of this contract, shall support the PFP by developing and adapting materials and methods to expand promising work to a national scale. By coordinating closely with and providing active technical guidance to improvement efforts underway within the hospital engagement networks (hens), progress toward meeting the initiative?s goals will be supported. Under section 1115A of the social security act, the center for medicare and medicaid innovation (innovation center) is authorized to test new payment and service delivery models that have the potential to reduce program expenditures while maintaining or improving the quality of care for beneficiaries. This work performed under the NCD contract will support the collection of critical information for the design of new models, and the aims to drastically improve healthcare cost savings while increasing the quality of care patients receive.