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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 21, 2006 FBO #1607
SOLICITATION NOTICE

99 -- Sampling and Statistical Support for Risk Adjustment Validation and Monitoring

Notice Date

4/19/2006
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

541990 — All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration, Office of Acquisition and Grants Management, 7500 Security Blvd. C2-21-15, Baltimore, MD, 21244-1850
 

ZIP Code

21244-1850
 

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-961-6-364903
 

Response Due

5/1/2006
 

Archive Date

5/16/2006
 

Description

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to award on a sole source basis, under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures a firm fixed price award to Jim Beebe, Statistical Consultant, 6 Hamilton Circle, Poquoson, VA 23662 for ?Sampling and Statistical Support for Risk Adjustment Validation and Monitoring?. The purpose of this contract is to provide statistical expertise and conduct analyses to support risk adjustment activities in regards to data validation and payments. The contractor will perform a range of tasks including: (1) Provide statistical guidance to CMS and contractors on payment and validation analyses for MA, (2) Develop, implement and evaluate criteria and methodologies for statistically sound sample frames, (3) Develop and document sampling specifications relating to national, organization level, plan level, HCC level and discharge level data, and (4) Prepare documentation including short reports. Qualified contractors must be a statistician; have experience with risk adjustment models and claims analysis; and must have a technical understanding of MA payments including the calculations required to analyze the data pertaining to risk adjustment and policy. The contractor must also have expert level knowledge of risk adjustment data validation, sampling and analyses. Mr. Beebe is the only contractor who meets these qualifications. He has more than 25 years of experience as a Statistician for CMS working with risk adjustment and policy issues. For the past four years, Mr. Beebe has been a CMS contractor working with risk adjustment and performing additional statistical analyses. In his years of experience, Mr. Beebe has published numerous articles pertaining to risk adjustment and policy. He has also developed, evaluated and contributed to numerous research projects that involve national survey sampling. As a CMS contractor, Mr. Beebe has developed targeting criteria and assisted with designing samples in a manner that meets CMS policy objectives. This includes both targeted and nationally representative sampling approaches. In addition, he is knowledgeable of both MA and Fee-for-Service data. Mr. Beebe possesses a unique combination of qualifications that make him the only suitable contractor to perform this work. All responsible sources may submit capability statements in consideration to the Agency at the above address.
 

Place of Performance

Address: 7500 Security Boulevard/Baltimore/Maryland

Zip Code: 21244-1850

Country: USA
 

Record

SN01030849-W 20060421/060419220353 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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