Division of Medical Services, 5th Floor Hoover Building, Des Moines, Iowa 50319

D -- FISCAL AGENT/INERMEDIARY FOR IOWA'S MEDICAID PROGRAM The State of Iowa, Department of Human Services, Division of Medical Services is the single state agency responsible for the administration of Iowa's Medicaid program. The State is seeking bidders for the purpose of securing a firm to perform the general duties of operation of the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) as the Fiscal Agent/Intermediary for the State's Medicaid program. Typical duties include, but are not limited to: Claims Processing, SUR/S, Medical Review, Eligibility File Maintenance (Voice Response), MARS, TPL, Provider Relations, Audit, Point-of-Sale, Programming, all accounting functions and other similar services. The tentative scheduled release date of the Request For Proposals (RFP) will be approximately August 15, 1995. Bidders Conference will be approximately September 7, 1995. RFP responses being due approximately November 1, 1995. Contract award approximately December 1, 1995, and takeover July 1, 1996. It is anticipated that the RFP will request a transferred MMIS system/relational data base/query function capability for report generation and management reporting. Copies of the current MMIS system design documentation and Iowa provider manuals, may be obtained from a local copy store approximately July 1, 1995, by any potential bidders at their expense. Potential bidders or companies desiring a copy of the RFP, when released, should make their request on company letterhead to the below address as soon as possible. Those wishing to obtain a copy of the RFP, when released, by express mailing services (such as Airborne Express) should send a completed, prepaid form to the Department in anticipation of the RFP's release. All anticipatory questions must be made in writing on company letterhead and can be directed to the FAX number listed below or mailed. Any questions asked of the agency will become the property of the agency and will be distributed to any bidder requesting that information prior to release of the RFP. We reserve the right to not respond to questions during the period prior to the RFPs release if those questions are not seen to be in the best interest of the procurement, or whose answers may be misleading or unknown. The RFP, when issued, becomes the final authority with regard to the procurement and information contained in any preliminary responses is non-binding and should be considered as such. For more information please FAX Marcia Stark, Chief of the Bureau of Contract Services at 515/281-4597, or write to address above. (163)

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