IHS Medical Coding Services 2014-2016

The Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service awarded this Master IDIQ for medical coding services on August 12, 2014, with ordering closed as of August 31, 2019—the vehicle is no longer active. The combined potential value of all 92 task orders issued under the vehicle totals $4.4 million, with 100% obligated.

Activity declined sharply after 2016. The vehicle saw 32 task orders in 2015 and 24 in 2016, but dropped to 13 in 2017, 10 in 2018, and only 4 in 2019 before the ordering window closed. The most recent task order award was April 3, 2019.

Work contracted covers medical coding, billing, accounts receivable posting, and coding audit services delivered to individual Indian Health Service facilities and service units, including the Taos-Picuris Service Unit, Albuquerque Indian Health Center, Zuni Indian Hospital, and ACL Hospital. Task orders are small, ranging typically from $6,000 to $150,000, with the largest single award at $232,721.69 to Busby Barnard & Health Information Management Associates LLC for coding and accounts receivable services at Taos-Picuris Service Unit.

The prime contractor pool consisted of only two firms. Busby Barnard & Health Information Management Associates LLC held 55 of the 92 orders worth $2.5 million combined potential value; Dt-Trak Consulting, Inc. held 37 orders worth $2 million. All orders funded a single customer agency—Indian Health Service—with no geographic diversity across regions or service units.

About half the task orders (49 of 92) carried small-business set-asides, with the remainder (43 orders) issued without set-aside designation. All work orders were firm fixed price. With ordering authority expired and the vehicle fully obligated, this contract vehicle no longer presents pursuit opportunities.

IHS Medical Coding Services IDIQ (2014-2016)