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

A -- HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCHER FOR MEDICARE CLAIMS DATA DUE 061200 POC Lucille F. Lee (410) 786-5447 E-MAIL: Health Services Researcher for Medicare Claims Data, lfusselllee@hcfa.gov. The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) intends to award on a sole source basis, under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures a firm fixed price award to the Department of Rehabilitation Medicare, University of Washington, Box 356490, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98105. The purpose of this acquisition is to assist HCFA in the performance of a number of projects including; (1) Analysis of gender differences in the care of Medicare beneficiaries who suffer myocardial infarctions and other illnesses, (2) Analysis of the effectiveness of physician reminders to vaccinate Medicare beneficiaries against influenza and other vaccines, (3) Analysis of Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Data (MCBS) to examine if disabled Medicare beneficiaries are satisfied with their health care, (4) Analysis of Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Data (MCBS) to create a weighted health status measure for use in cost effectiveness studies, (5) Support the Peer Review Organizations (PROs) and Networks, providing technical guidance regarding their ongoing quality improvement projects, and (6) Act as liaison for the Division of the University of Washington and assist other researchers who use HCFA encounter data. The qualified contractor must have experience with a wide variety of research methods and clinical situations. These projects involve the extensive use of Medicare claims data as well as chart abstraction and survey data. The contractor must be familiar with these types of data. in addition, the research methods involve are technically complex and require specialized training to be performed correctly. Finally, the contractor must have the appropriate clinical background so that the results may be interpreted and disseminated in a suitable manner. The Contractor has clinical training as a physiatrist (physical medicine), and specializes in the rehabilitation of elderly and disabled patients. In addition. he has a Masters Degree in Public Health and received health services research training through the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar Program at the University of Washington. He has extensive experience in the analysis of Medicare data including, Part A, Part B, SNF, DME, and MCBS files, and has lectured on the use of Medicare data in health services research. He has a position on the faculty of the University of Washington and is currently involved in several collaboratores with other UW faculty members who are using HCFA data. He is familiar with the Division's ongoing projects, having work on them in the past. All responsible sources must submit capability statements in consideration to the Agency at the above address. Posted 05/24/00 (W-SN458430). (0145)

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