RFI WTCHP Provider Network Data Integrity Review - Vendor QA - 4.03.24.rtf

75D301-23-RFI-518210/541690

RFI | WTCHP | Provider Network Data Integrity Review Q & A

Page* Section Question Answer Section V.2; 5 "Interested parties should respond to this RFI with a white paper by 10 AM ET on April 5, 2024, to Melissa Lera at umt1@cdc.gov" The instructions in section V.2 requires submission by April 5th, 2024. Would the government consider extending the submission 'due date' to April 9th, 2024 due to the Easter Holiday?"

The close date for the RFI has been extended to 12pm ET on April 8, 2024 Multiple References Multiple References Can the Government/Client confirm the current number of enrolled NYMA CCE Network (internal/external) providers are part of the World Trade Center Health Program network?

Approximately 100,000 providers Section(s) IV; pg(s) 2-4 Reference to "PECOS" Does the CDC WTCHP have access to the CMS PECOS system or is this referring to the publicly available PECOS data on the www.Data.CMS.gov website?

Vendors will need their own PECOS access, not the data.cms.gov.

General N/A In what data format(s) does the government anticipate the contractor will receive provider network data for analysis? Will all data be structured or will data be unstructured (e.g., PDFs or other images)?

NYMA Provider Network source data will be shared via an Microsoft Excel or CSV file that is structured and has headers. Other options or formatting may be available upon request.

The Government continues to pursue options for providing Provider Agreements and welcomes Industry thoughts and suggestions within RFP submissions. In general, the Agreements are anticipated to be in PDF or a similar format. The Contractor will not be required to access any other Contractor systems.

General N/A Will the CDC WTCHP provide access to the CMS NPPES system or is this referring to the publicly available NPI Registry?

Yes, this refers to the publicly available NPPES NPI Registry.

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Is an incumbent contract present for these services? If so, could you kindly provide the incumbent contract # and vendor?

No incumbent contract exists for these services.

If there is no incumbent, would this be considered a new requirement if the services develop into a Solicitation?

Provider Network data integrity review services performed by a third-party are considered to be a new requirement to the WTC Health Program.

Will this information be provided through an Amendment to the Sam.gov post?

The responses will be provided through an amendment to the Sam.Gov Post.