SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- In-depth Exploration of Factors Affecting Hospitalization Rates of Home Health Patients
- Notice Date
- 7/27/2010
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, Parklawn Building Room 5-101, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland, 20857
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- AHR38309
- Archive Date
- 8/12/2010
- Point of Contact
- Madilyn A. Gonzalez, Phone: 3014432329
- E-Mail Address
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madilyn.gonzalez@psc.hhs.gov
(madilyn.gonzalez@psc.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The Department of Health and Human Services/ Division of Acquisition Management intends to negotiate on a sole source basis (FAR 6.302) with CHD Research Associates, Inc. of 2300 Clarendon Blvd. #1400, Arlington, VA 22201 as the only responsible source that can provide the service to conduct an in-depth analyses of factors affecting all-cause and potentially avoidable hospitalizations among health patients using analytic files derived from CMS source data files. The services required are as follows: • Earlier work consisted of analytic files derived from CMS source data files and, using these files, of national estimates of hospitalization and potentially preventable hospitalization (using Prevention Quality Indicator (PQIs) methodology) for 2001-2007 among home health patients. These estimates were carried out for basic demographic subgroups of patients (e.g., age, race, Medicare status, and prior hospitalization). The contractor will explore in-depth additional factors affecting hospitalizations (e.g., functional and cognitive impairment, living situation, comorbidities, surgical and medical diagnoses in prior hospitalizations) exploring patient level and agency- level factors (e.g., start of care, frequency of visits in 1st two weeks of episode, type of care received). • Using the latest available calendar years of home health patient level files containing the Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) assessment data merged with Medicare claims data, determine the association between all-cause and PQI –related hospitalization rates for additional home health subgroup users – for example, patients with different levels of functional and cognitive impairment, and users living in different geographic regions or being served by different types of agencies/facilities, agency process measures, and for racial/ethnic groups used in the NHQR/NHDR (sample size permitting). • Develop refined predictive models for all-cause and potentially preventable hospitalizations (e.g., logistic and/or other multivariate regression), as appropriate, controlling for patient characteristics, regional market factors (e.g., including Dartmouth index for available years, HCC) and other variables, including agency process measures (types of home visits, front-loading (number of visits in first 2 weeks), start of care). This acquisition is being conducted under simplified acquisition procedures. This is a Small Business set-aside. The intended procurement will be classified under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 541611 with a Small Business Size Standard of $7.0 Million. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation document exists for this requirement. However, parties interested in responding to this notice shall submit technical data, including cost, sufficient to determine capability in providing the same services. All capability statements received by closing of this notification of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. Each response should include the following Business Information: a. DUNS. b. Company Name. c. Company Address. d. Current GSA Schedules appropriate to this Award. e. Do you have a Government approved accounting system? If so, please identify the agency that approved the system. f. Type of Company (i.e., small business, 8(a), woman owned, veteran owned, etc.) as validated via the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). All offerors must register on the CCR located at http://www.ccr.gov/index.asp g. Company Point of Contact, Phone and Email address A determination by the Government not to compete based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. All responses are due to the Contract Specialist by 12 noon August 11, 2010. Email statements are preferred. Government Official Designated for Receipt of Bids Madilyn Gonzalez Contract Specialist Email: Madilyn.Gonzalez@psc.hhs.gov Phone: 301.443.2329
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Contractor’s Facilities, United States
- Record
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