Blanket Purchase Agreement 75H71226A00007

Personal Group Incorporated, a Native American-owned small disadvantaged business headquartered in Rapid City, South Dakota, was awarded a $4.5 million multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement by the Indian Health Service on May 1, 2026, for off-site medical coding services supporting the Phoenix Area Office. The five-year contract, effective through April 30, 2031, establishes a framework for delivery of comprehensive medical and dental coding, auditing, and data entry services across nine Indian Health Service facilities located in Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and California. Services encompass outpatient coding (estimated 165,000 annual encounters), inpatient coding (estimated 600 annual encounters), outpatient coding audits (estimated 4,520 annual encounters reviewed), and inpatient coding audits (estimated 80 annual encounters reviewed), with firm-fixed-price unit rates per completed encounter. All work is performed in compliance with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Federal, State, and third-party payer requirements, requiring staff certified by the American Academy of Professional Coders or American Health Information Management Association, and adherence to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 security requirements.

The contract was awarded through a Buy Indian set-aside solicitation posted March 26, 2026, requiring offerors to demonstrate eligibility as Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises under the Buy Indian Act and Health and Human Services Acquisition Regulation Subpart 326.6. Performance standards require completion of outpatient coding within four business days and inpatient coding within ten business days from date of service or discharge, with mandatory maintenance of 95 percent coding accuracy standards. The Indian Health Service provided no guarantee of minimum quantities under this indefinite delivery vehicle, with actual volumes to be determined through individual Blanket Purchase Agreement calls. Personal Group's award reflects demonstrated technical capability, relevant past performance with Indian Health Service healthcare systems, quality control procedures, and competitive pricing, with the contract supporting the Indian Health Service's mission to deliver comprehensive healthcare revenue cycle management and compliance services to tribal healthcare operations throughout the Phoenix Area service region.