CMS Sources Sought: $5+B Research, Measurement, Assessment, Design, and Analysis (RMADA) 3 IDIQ recompete

Notice ID: RMADA3-APP250186

This is a small business sources sought notice posted for informational purposes only and will be used to assist the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in determining the availability of small businesses that have the capability in providing Research, Measurement, Assessment, Design, and Analysis services for models and demonstration programs created or derived under the auspices of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), and other non-ACA statutes. CMS is interested in responses to this notice from SMALL BUSINESSES ONLY (including 8(a) businesses, service-disabled veteran owned small businesses, HUBZone small business, veteran-owned small businesses, women-owned small businesses, and small disadvantaged businesses).

As an effective steward of public funds, CMS is committed to strengthening and modernizing the nation’s health care system by putting patient needs first, creating more flexibilities at the state and local level, and providing access to high quality care and improved health at lower costs. To help accomplish this mission, CMS was given broader authorities through legislation to test innovative models of care delivery and payment to determine whether they can maintain or 2 | Page improve quality and reduce cost, are sustainable, and are feasible for broader scale application. This work includes the development, implementation, monitoring, analysis, and rapid cycle evaluation of such models, building collaborative learning networks to disseminate best practices, developing necessary technology to support this activity, conducting rapid cycle analysis of the programs and participants, and rapid reporting of interim findings and summative findings as feasible.

The scope of activities of these models consists of all areas of healthcare research: costs, access, quality, service delivery models, financing, and payment approaches. These models are larger, more complex, and may be scaled without Congressional approval if programs demonstrate cost savings while maintaining or improving quality. These highly visible models draw intense interest and scrutiny from market and oversight stakeholders, the press, and policymakers. These models often are closely integrated with existing national programs and other models in testing. Such interactions must be carefully anticipated, understood, and managed to account for complex legal, operational, and policy priorities. These models also typically move from design to announcement and implementation in two years requiring adherence to deadlines and strong coordination across Contractors and CMS.

Under this Research, Measurement, Assessment, Design, and Analysis (RMADA) 3 IDIQ umbrella contract, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall award task orders (TOs) for a wide range of analytic support and technical assistance activities that support models and demonstration programs created or derived under the auspices of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), other non-ACA statutes, and future health reform legislation. The demands of new reforms created under ACA have redefined the way CMS approaches and conducts research activities, Model Testing, and demonstrations affecting Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and uninsured populations. The role of state and private sector payers is also being redefined, as many new models include multiple payers working in collaboration with CMS to reform the care delivery system. The RMADA3 IDIQ contract shall provide CMS with a robust tool to meet these needs and opportunities.

The Contractor shall work with CMS on matters including but not limited to:

• Supporting all aspects of model design and operations (except information technology)
• Conducting programmatic technical, and environmental analyses
• Monitoring model site implementations
• Designing and carrying out surveys and other primary data collection activities
• Obtaining and analyzing secondary data sources including data regarding Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and data from private payer sources needed to support model design, operations and evaluations
• Reporting on formative and summative analyses • Providing rapid cycle evaluation feedback to CMS and/or model participants;
• Creating summative reports of annual and final program findings
• Assisting in developing program templates, tools, toolkits, and driver diagrams
• Support stakeholder engagement and training
• Provide data analysis/ integration support…

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