SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- ASPEN J&A
- Notice Date
- 10/8/2021 11:51:56 AM
- Notice Type
- Justification
- NAICS
- 541511
— Custom Computer Programming Services
- Contracting Office
- OFC OF ACQUISITION AND GRANTS MGMT BALTIMORE MD 21244 USA
- ZIP Code
- 21244
- Solicitation Number
- 10082021
- Archive Date
- 11/07/2021
- Point of Contact
- Nathaniel Dean, Phone: 410-786-9417, Michael Wood
- E-Mail Address
-
Nathaniel.Dean@cms.hhs.gov, Michael.Wood@cms.hhs.gov
(Nathaniel.Dean@cms.hhs.gov, Michael.Wood@cms.hhs.gov)
- Award Number
- GS-35F-0633S
- Award Date
- 10/08/2021
- Description
- This is a limited source justification for IT support services for the Automated Survey Process Environment (ASPEN).� The Automated Surveyor Processing Environment (ASPEN) is a comprehensive information system that supports CMS� Survey and Certification processes, data collection and enforces CMS business rules. The ASPEN system is unique because it is written in older .NET technology utilizing a client/server structure that is outdated. The current CMS ASPEN environment: � Supports the daily activities of more than 6,000 users, including central office, regional office, and state survey agencies � Is the primary tool used by these agencies to ensure healthcare providers/suppliers meet CMS health and life-safe ty standards � Provides information technology services and specialized business area expertise for�management of CMS� healthcare-provider quality assurance operations. � Allows managers and staff to share information across all activities that comprise survey and certification � Manages certification workload and task scheduling, to respond to complaints/incidents promptly � Captures data during the inspection process and to implement enforcement actions when necessary � Enforces CMS business rules in a secured operating environment � Is critical to accomplishing CMS�s mission of safeguarding Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and ensuring the quality of services received � Fulfills CMS action items pursuant to GAO and OIG reports and Congressional committee corrective action plans on the Nursing Home enforcement and complaints processes � Fulfills CMS�s statutory obligation to administer and oversee the Medicare/Medicaid and CLIA programs � Supports and implements provisions of the Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act (OBRA) 1987 & 1989, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Balanced Budget Act (BBA) 1997, and the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA), and numerous other regulations � Is critical to CMS�s payment and quality of care improvement processes and the support of statutory mandates and major CMS and DHHS initiatives.
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/55789c0fe00546f190289663356b3e9f/view)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Longmont, CO 80501, USA
- Zip Code: 80501
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 80501
- Record
- SN06154530-F 20211010/211008230109 (samdaily.us)
- Source
-
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