The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded a firm fixed price purchase order contract to PQA Inc., a non-profit organization, to provide measure specifications, measure maintenance, and technical support for several quality measures based on the Quality Rating System (QRS) measure set. The $214,200 contract has a period of performance from August 2023 to September 2024, with PQA delivering services from its Alexandria, Virginia headquarters. The contract was awarded through a...
The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded a firm fixed price purchase order contract to PQA Inc., doing business as the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA), a non-profit organization. The $214,200.00 contract is for PQA to provide measure specifications, maintenance, and technical support for the CMS Quality Rating System, which assesses and compares the performance of Qualified Health Plans. This is not a set-aside contract. PQA has...
The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded a firm fixed price purchase order to PQA Inc., doing business as Pharmacy Quality Alliance, a non-profit organization. The $214,800.00 contract is for PQA to provide measure specifications, maintenance, and technical support for Proportion of Days Covered quality measures in blood pressure, diabetes, and cholesterol to support CMS's Quality Rating System implementation. This sole source...
Pharmacy Quality Alliance Inc. (PQA) was awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at two hundred fourteen thousand two hundred dollars ($214,200) by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide measure specifications, maintenance, and technical support for several quality measures. Specifically, PQA will support the Proportion of Days Covered measures for blood pressure, diabetes, and cholesterol medications, which help CMS implement its Quality Rating System to...
This is a firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to PQA Inc., a non-profit organization, for the maintenance and technical support of the Proportion of Days Covered quality measures in blood pressure, diabetes, and cholesterol. The contract has a ceiling value of $129,000.00 and a performance period from September 2, 2016 to September 20, 2017. The contract is not designated as a set-aside. PQA Inc. provides measure specifications,...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to PQA Inc., a non-profit organization, to provide measure specifications, measure maintenance, and technical support for Proportion of Days Covered measures in blood pressure, diabetes, and cholesterol. This $129,000.00 contract supports CMS's Quality Rating System implementation to assess and compare Qualified Health Plan performance. The contract has a performance period of one year, with...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded a $98,500.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to the National Quality Forum (NQF), a non-profit organization, for the renewal of NQF's membership. This sole-source contract is to enable CMS to obtain consensus-based endorsement on publicly reported quality measures for its quality improvement, reporting, and value-based purchasing programs. The contract has a base period of performance from September 12, 2024 to September 11, 2025, with...
This federal contract award to Impaq International, LLC, a subsidiary of the American Institutes for Research, is for $4,463,991.70 to adapt or develop Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) quality rating system (QRS) quality measures for qualified health plans (QHPs) operating in the health insurance marketplaces. The contract was issued by CMS under the Measure and Instrument Development and Support (MIDS) indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle. The purpose...
This firm fixed-price delivery order was awarded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the National Quality Forum (NQF) for Measure Addition, Removal, and Prioritization for Expansion of the Core Quality Measures Collaborative (CQMC) Measure Sets. Valued at $847,589, this contract calls for NQF to provide measure management services associated with the CQMC portfolio, including assessing new measures for inclusion,...
This is a $15,999,395.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), a non-profit organization, for performance measurement services related to the Medicare Advantage program. The contract has a period of performance from September 29, 2016 to September 28, 2021. There is no set-aside designation for this award. NCQA has subcontracted a portion of the work to Optum Public Sector Solutions,...