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Amendment 0002

I.

L.3 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

a. Technical Questions All technical questions concerning this Request for Proposal shall be submitted in writing no later than Wednesday July 13, 2011 11:59pm local time, Baltimore Maryland (EST), to the following email addresses Richard.Asher2@cms.hhs.gov , Joseph.Eakle@cms.hhs.gov and APP111513@cms.hhs.gov. Questions shall be submitted in email format with attachments citing the specific solicitation section and shall be submitted in MicrosoftWord 2007. Offerors are advised NOT to submit questions in chart format. Responses to relevant questions will be provided to all registered in the FBO site for this solicitation and it is the Government’s expectation that we shall make them available within 10 days of receipt of the questions. The government reserves the right to determine the relevancy of questions.

II.

L.4 Proposal Contents In order to meet the intent of federal code PPACA Section 3021, the model approved for the implementation of this activity calls for direct contracting organizations that fulfill the following organizational requirements:

· Organizations that are national, regional, or state association of hospitals as identified through an organizational charter or agreement and a governing body that represents affiliated members.

Or,

· Organizations that functions as national affinity organization that represent hospitals which address specific patient and/or regional health issues identified through an organizational charter or agreement and a governing body that represents affiliated members.

Or,

· Organizations that hold corporate ownership and operational control of a hospital chain of at least 25 hospitals