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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 29,1997 PSA#1897MINIMUM DATA SET DATA MANAGEMENT OPERATIONAL SUPPORT The Health Care
Financing Administration intends to contract under sole source to the
Iowa Foundation for Medical Care, a non-profit Peer Review Organization
(PRO) for the maintenance, optimization, transmission and other
deliverables required as part of the Minimum Data Set 2.0 (MDS)
initiative. Utilizing HCFA contract no. 500-96-P513, this organization
will be responsible for coordinating data processing and transmission
requirements with PROs, State Agencies and/or CDACs. The scope of the
program involves a complete operational knowledge of the MDS'
processing platforms, the PRO and State Agency operating environments
and requirements, the collection and validation of MDS clinical data
requirements, ORACLE, Windows NT, Netscape, Powerbuilder and C software
languages, and the operation of a clinical and technical help desk and
hot line for the PROs, State Agencies, and long-term care facilities. Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0667 19970729\SP-0002.MSC)
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