HHS AHRQ Sources Sought: Healthcare Data Analytics and Statistical Products (HDASP)

Notice ID: HHS-AHRQ-SBSS-24-10008

This requirement supports AHRQ’s programs by providing statistical analysis, database management services, and other research and program activities.

Key tasks include creating analytic files, generating public-use data files, enhancing the MEPS website, managing databases, providing statistical analysis and programming support, supporting AHRQ’s Data Center activities, offering programming and statistical modeling support, assisting with analysis, preparing the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (NHQDR), and providing ad-hoc support for AHRQ’s projects. While various data sources are utilized, most of the work involves the use of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) and the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)—all in alignment with AHRQ’s mission of conducting research and providing essential information on various critical healthcare and quality issues.

Project Requirements There are nine (9) major requirements for this project:

1. Analytic File Construction –Create analytic files, and other tasks related to data analysis and dissemination. Data processing services for these requirements typically includes the creation of new files and variables designed for a specific analytic purpose, and often involve the use of in-house and secondary data.
2. Public Use Data File Production – Under this task, the Contractor will create four public-use files annually from MEPS data, along with the Documentation File (HTML and PDF) and variable Codebooks (HTML and PDF). The activities will include:
   1. Pre-match editing, linking, and imputation of Pharmacy Component data
   2. Pre-match editing and imputation of Household Component data
   3. Matching and imputation of Pharmacy Component and Household Component data
   4. Editing and imputation of Sources of Payment data for consistency
   5. Developing data for public release, including:
      1. Construction of variables for inclusion on the public-use file
      2. Review by a pharmacist of outliers for the plausibility of the number of fills for a medication, very high and very low prices per fill, and potential confidentiality concerns.
      3. Masking data elements to maintain the confidentiality of sample members who use rare or orphan drugs or are being treated with drugs for a rare condition. AHRQ will provide proprietary data from First Data Bank on diagnoses that map to orphan drug indications.
   6. Performing quality control and benchmarking of the final edited prescribed medicines
   7. Linking Multum data to prescribed medicines.
3. Web Site Maintenance, Enhancement and Dissemination Activities & Support –Provide comprehensive management and maintenance of the MEPS website (meps.ahrq.gov This includes development, testing, staging and production sites , performing quality control activities on individual pages, links and databases on an ongoing basis, make continuous enhancements and updates to existing products, post new publication in PDF, XML and HTML formats, update Tableau dashboards and WordPress-based web pages. Adhere to security protocols and ensure 508 compliances…

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