Health Care Financing Administration, Acquisition and Grants Group, C2-21-15, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD., 21244-1850

R -- ORGANIZATION TO PROCESS MEDICARE PART B CLAIMS SOL HCFA-00-3-MCD-B5 POC Bart C. Smetana, Contracting Officer 410-786-7909 WEB: bsmetana@hcfa.gov, www.bsmetana@hcfa.gov. E-MAIL: bsmetana@hcfa.gov, bsmetana@hacfa.gov. The Health Care Financing Administration intends to procure through full and open competition a contract for the processing of Medicare Part B claims for the Southern California area. The contractor will perform all of the duties associated with the processing of Medicare Part B claims as described in Section 1842 of the Social Security Act. To qualify the contractor must be a current Medicare Carrier or meet the statutory definition of a Carrier. For purposes of this procurement the statutory definition of a carrier means "with respect to providers of services and other persons, a voluntary association, corporation, partnership, or other nongovernmental organization which is lawfully engaged in providing, paying for, or reimbursing the costs of health services under group insurance policies or contracts, medical or hospital service agreements, membership or subscription contracts, or similar group arrangements, in consideration of premiums or other periodic charges payable to the carrier, including a health benefits plan duly sponsosred or underwritten by an employee organization and with respect to providers of services only, any agency or organization with which an agreement is in effect under section 1816 of the Social Security Act." Interested parties are asked to respond in writing to this notice when requesting a copy of the RFP. Telephone request for the RFP will not be accepted. Any organization receiving an RFP will automatically receive any amendments to the solicitation. It is anticipated that solication number HCFA-00-3-MCD-BS will be released approximately March 24, 2000. Requests shall be mailed to the above address, or faxed to (410) 786-9643. Posted 03/06/00 (W-SN431398). (0066)

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