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R -- COORDINATED OPEN ENROLLMENT SOL HCFA-96-016/EE POC Edwiena P. Edwards, Contracting Officer, 410/786-1607. The Health Care Financing Administration has a requirement for a contractor to conduct an open enrollment/beneficiary information project for Medicare beneficiaries in one geographic area, with options to add up to two additional geographic areas at a later date. Projects in each site will operate for three years. Open enrollment is a major component of a competitive pricing demonstration designed to introduce market economic forces into Medicare's method of paying managed care plans. This project will provide information to beneficiaries who may select from among fee for service, managed care, and supplemental insurance otions. The contractor must 1) educate and inform Medicare beneficiaries about their health options; 2) conduct outreach activities and encourage Medicare beneficiaries to receive the education and information; and 3) act as the enrollment contact for Medicare beneficiaries who elect managed care. The specific geographic area where the open enrollment demonstration will occur (and possibly two additional sites if the options are exercised) has not been announced but will consist of a metropolitan statistical area containing approximately 325,000 Medicare beneficiaries. The Contractor must have experience or capacity to obtain expertise on: 1) counseling and educating beneficiaries about the Medicare program (through in-person discussions, mailings, information seminars, telephone inquiries, and media interventions); 2) conducting outreach designed to generate interest in open enrollment (through alliance building with senior community groups, public service announcements, and promotional materials); and 3) actually enrolling Medicare, Medicaid or other publicly sponsored beneficiaries into managed care plans (through electronic communication that interfaces with HCFA's Group Health Plan System's data bases or similar types of data bases). Proposals are due within thirty (30) calendar days from date of publication of this synopsis. Requests for the solicitation document should be submitted to the address above and refer to RFP-HCFA-96-016/EE. Requests may be faxed to the Contract Specialist at (410) 786-9088. Those offerors the Government determines to successfully meet HCFA's requirements in the areas of past performance, staffing, key personnel, workplan and schedule, will be invited to brief HCFA in an oral presentation. A maximum of two hours will be allowed for each offeror to display their understanding of the scope of work and proposed approach to carry out the scope of work tasks. (0142)

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