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R -- EVALUATION OF OREGON MEDICAID REFORM DEMONSTRATION SOL RFP-HCFA-95-074/MK POC Mark C. Keller, Contract Specialist, (410) 786-9994. In accordance with FAR 6.301-1, the Health Care Financing Administration intends to modify Contract No. 500-94-0056 with Health Economics Research, Inc. for Evaluation of Oregon Medicaid Reform Demonstration. The purpose of this modification is to supplement the Evaluation of the Oregon Medicaid Reform Demonstration. As people with disabilities are enrolled in managed care in Phase II of Oregon's 1115 waiver, it is important to examine the experiences of people with disabilities in managed care. Of interest are the effects of managed care on access to care by disabled individuals (in particular access to medical specialists), the utilization of services by the disabled, and the quality of the care they receive. Also of interest are the effects of managed care on providers who traditionally serve the disabled, and the State efforts to link services provided by prepaid plans with existing State funded services. The analysis will involve collection of utilization, cost, satisfaction and functional data on people with disabilities, and where possible linking them to other functional data from the State and to the disabling condition determination contained in Social Security records. Other studies, including a study of providers who serve the disabled, will be required. No RFP is available. See note #22. (0194)

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