Blanket Purchase Agreement 47QRAA20D002P-75FCMC21A0003

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a civilian agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, has awarded a 5-year Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) valued at $5,000,000 to Bland & Associates PC, a for-profit subchapter S corporation headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Under this BPA, Bland & Associates will provide CMS with examinations and audits of cost-based Medicare Managed Care Organizations (MCOs), including Medicare Advantage plans and Medicare Prescription Drug Plans. This work falls under CMS's Medical Coding Review program and will involve financial audits, cost report audits, and medical coding reviews to ensure proper reimbursement and compliance within these Medicare programs.

The BPA has resulted in several firm fixed-price task orders to date, including a $1.5 million award for MCO cost report audits, a $676,163 award for examinations of cost-based MCOs, a $2.5 million award for audits of Medicare Advantage/MCO cost reports, and a $45,492 award for cost plan audits and coding reviews for CMS's Division of Financial Audit and Resolution. Bland & Associates is an established prime contractor for CMS, with expertise in healthcare financial auditing and medical coding reviews, and holds multiple active BPAs and task orders with the agency for these services.