OS AI recently received a new request from a mid-tier Healthcare research firm seeking details related to a potential recompete of this 5-year Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contract to support reevaluation and implementation of CMS claims-based hospital outcome and efficiency measures.
The incumbent on the Development, Reevaluation, and Implementation of Outcome/Efficiency Measures for Hospital and Eligible Clinicians task is Yale New Haven Health and its Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE). CORE is a national outcomes research center working on projects designed to assess healthcare quality and evaluate clinical decision making and comparative effectiveness of specific healthcare interventions. The existing 5-year contract was last competed and awarded in the Spring of 2019 as a task on the multiple-award $1.6B CMS Measure and Instrument Development and Support (MIDS) IDIQ, drawing three bids. Lantana Consulting is understood to be a strategic partner to Yale New Haven in support of CMS quality efforts. Details related to the contract and spend to date can be found here.
This wide-ranging and strategic contract carries a broad set of goals and objectives, with an example being a recently announced effort by CMS and CORE to develop a re-designed measure of screening for social needs (food insecurity, housing insecurity, transportation insecurity, and utility insecurity). The re-designed measure will be an electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) evaluating hospitals on screening and following-up on social needs of patients (More here).
The latest word out of CMS, albeit limited, is that if there is a recompete, the expectation is that it will be released once again on the MIDS IDIQ and awarded in early Q2 of FY 2024. No details have been provided as to the solicitation date.
Shared below are some key points of contact to know for this requirement, related data and a list of some of the top contractors and partner options supporting CMS today.
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Sample Key Points of Contact (current or past)
- Scott Filipovits, Contracts/OAGM, CMS – Scott.Filipovits@cms.hhs.gov
- Heather Parr-Stewart Lang, Contract Specialist, CMS
- Anita Allen, Small Business Specialist, HHS/CMS
- Lisa Suter, MD, Professor; Director, Quality Measurement Program, Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation (CORE), Yale School of Medicine
- Afrin Howlader, Manager, Quality Measurement Programs, CORE, Yale New Haven Health
Partnering
Looking for an IT and consulting firm to partner with at CMS? Click Here You can filter the list by several key indicators, including socio-economic status, NAICS, Contract vehicle, etc.
Firms drawing the most attention:
Included below is a list of 18 CMS MIDS Primes that we have noted as drawing the most viewed by Government and industry leaders on the OrangeSlices AI consultant directory since the beginning of 2023 and that bring direct past performance and/or related relationships in support of CMS.
- RELI Group **
- SoftDev
- Mathematica
- Customer Value Partners
- AIR
- ICF **
- Telligen
- GDIT **
- Abt Associates
- Econemetrica
- NORC
- Arch Systems
- Acumen
- LMI
- FEI Systems
- RTI International
- Lantana Consulting Group
- Optum
** An Elev8 GovCon Honoree, noted for a corporate culture that demonstrates excellence, making the company a beacon for talent, for partners, and for clients.
We cannot and will not speculate here as to the reasons for the increased interest, but whether it is a company evaluating them as a potential partner; a federal acquisition leader doing their due diligence; or a consultant weighing their next job move, this group of companies has been receiving increased interest.
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