Planned Release of a Request for Information (RFI) Concerning The Scope of Work and Specialty Activities that CMS Will Include in the Next Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Procurements (PE200608-03) CMS announced on July 31, 2006 the awarding of the first of 15 contracts for the combined administration of Part A and Part B claims activities in a multi-state jurisdiction. That first Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) award was for the six-state jurisdiction of Arizona, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming (Jurisdiction 3). CMS has 14 more Part A/Part B MAC contracts to acquire through the competitive process. These procurements will be conducted in two cycles. Cycle One of the A/B MAC acquisitions will be for seven jurisdictions, accounting for approximately 45 percent of the Part A/Part B fee-for-service claims workload. CMS will conduct these seven competitions in two rounds. The first round of competitions under Cycle One will cover three jurisdictions:
The Request for Proposal for this first round of competitions under Cycle One will include mandatory options for the following specialty activities:
On Wednesday, August 9, 2006, CMS will publish on the Federal Business Opportunities Web site ( www.FedBizOpps.gov ) The second round of competitions under Cycle One will include the remaining jurisdictions:
The RFP for this second round of competition will include the following mandatory options:
To learn more about the transition to the A/B MAC environment, please visit the Medicare Contracting Reform Web site at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicareContractingReform/. CMS Learn Resource 200608-03
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a Request for Information (RFI) containing the planned Statement of Work (SOW) for the second round of competitions under Cycle One. Public comments will be due on Thursday, August 31. CMS encourages everyone to review the RFI and provide comments or questions. You will find guidance on how/where to submit comments and questions about the RFI on that same FedBizOpps site.
