This federal contract award was made by the Indian Health Service (IHS), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to the prime contractor Change Healthcare Operations, LLC (doing business as Change Healthcare). The $201,651.52 firm-fixed-price purchase order does not have a set-aside designation and was awarded on January 30, 2017 with a completion date of September 30, 2017.
The contract provides healthcare technology services to IHS, including electronic data interchange (EDI) processing, conversion of paper forms to EDI formats, clearinghouse services, pharmacy claims switching, and revenue cycle management solutions. These services support critical functions for IHS health programs, such as claims processing, payment facilitation, and transaction processing. Change Healthcare has several significant Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) and Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) with federal agencies like the Department of Veterans Affairs and IHS to provide these types of healthcare technology services.