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D -- MCS PART B STANDARD CLAIMS SOL 500-97-0114 POC Linda Hook, Contract Specialist, 410-786-8371 The Health Care Financing Administration intends to extend its current contract with Electronic Data Systems (EDS) on a sole source basis, by extending the base period of performance and adding 3 option periods which extends the contract until December 2003. The current contract effort is for maintenance of the MCS Part B Standard claims processing software, millennium compliance software, and for system conversion, migration and support services for Medicare Part B Carriers. The contract will also be restructured to make transitions to a single Part B system an option. The MCS Part B system processes Part B Medicare claims which include physician services, certain durable medical equipment (DME) services and other outpatient services. In addition, EDS must also support the activities of Medicare Part B Carriers who are not renewing their Medicare contracts. If the option is exercised, EDS will support the conversion of Carriers from other Medicare claims processing systems to the MCS Part B Standard System. The aforementioned services are currently being provided to HCFA under a contract with EDS. EDS will support the integrity of the Medicare claims processing environment for Medicare providers and beneficiaries and must ensure that Medicare Part B program changes are programmed for millennium compliance and in accordance with Medicare regulations and requirements in the key areas of data collection and validation, claims control, pricing, adjudication, correspondence, reimbursement and financial processing. Duties include data and computer software mapping, developing conversion software programs that are millennium compliant, coding and implementing Medicare operational and policy determinations, enhancements, writing and testing Medicare Part B conversion software, developing and presenting Medicare Part B technical training classes on the MCS Part B Standard System, supporting the HCFA Change Control Board meetings, providing help desk and production support on Medicare Part B software maintenance and transition activities. This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive proposal. Contracting for the software system maintenance, millennium compliance, and optional conversion and migration support is a continuation of effort which has been delayed to allow the Medicare community the time needed to ensure all current software systems will be millennium compliant. The current contract will be restructured to allow the rescheduling of transition activity to begin after the millennium, if the option is exercised. The term of the contract is not expected to exceed 12/03. A competitively procured contract for maintenance of the MCS Part B Standard System will follow this contract when all millennium issues are resolved and when the conversion/transition of the Part B Carriers (if exercised) has been completed. Posted 12/24/98 (I-SN283447). (0358)

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