The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has a continuing requirement for a Research, Measurement, Assessment, Design, and Analysis (RMADA) 3 IDIQ to respond to the expanded needs of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Health Care Reform ACT (HCERA).

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the Federal agency responsible for the operation and oversight of the Medicare and Medicaid programs and the Federal participant in State-operated Medicaid programs and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). CMS’ mission is to assure healthcare security for the public through managing programs that include Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children’s Health Insurance Programs and to provide leadership in the broader healthcare marketplace to improve the health of all citizens. As an effective steward of public funds, CMS is committed to strengthening and modernizing the nation’s healthcare system by putting patient needs first, creating more flexibilities at the state and local levels, and providing access to high-quality care and improved health at lower costs. This also aligns with the six pillars of CMS’ strategic plan. To help accomplish this mission, CMS was given broad authority through legislation to test innovative care delivery and payment models to determine whether they can maintain or improve quality and reduce cost, are sustainable, and are feasible for broader-scale applications. This work includes the development, implementation, monitoring, analysis, technical assistance, and rapid cycle evaluation of such models, building collaborative learning networks to disseminate best practices, developing the necessary technology to support this activity, conducting rapid cycle analysis of the programs and participants, and rapid reporting of interim findings and summative findings as feasible.

Under this Research, Measurement, Assessment, Design, and Analysis (RMADA) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity 3 (IDIQ) umbrella contract, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall award task orders (TOs) for a wide range of analytical support and technical assistance activities that support models and demonstration programs created or derived under the auspices of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), other non-ACA statutes, and future health reform legislation. The demands of new reforms created under ACA have redefined how CMS approaches and conducts research activities, Model testing, and demonstrations affecting Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and uninsured populations. The role of state and private sector payers is also being redefined, as many new models include multiple payers working in collaboration with CMS to reform the care delivery system. Note: CMS also refers to other Innovative Statebased programs when the term model/demonstration is used throughout this work statement. The RMADA 3 IDIQ contract shall provide CMS with a robust tool to meet these needs and opportunities

The Contractor shall work with CMS on matters including but not limited to:

• Supporting all aspects of model design and operations (except information technology)
• Conducting programmatic technical, and environmental analyses
• Monitoring model site implementations
• Designing and carrying out surveys and other primary data collection activities
• Obtaining and analyzing secondary data sources including data regarding Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and data from private payer sources needed to support model design, operations and evaluations
• Reporting on formative and summative analyses
• Providing rapid cycle evaluation feedback to CMS and/or model participants;
• Creating summative reports of annual and final program findings
• Assisting in developing program templates, tools, toolkits, and driver diagrams
• Support stakeholder engagement and training
• Provide data analysis/ integration support
• Assist in developing program-specific technical/policy resource guides and informational/ educational/ briefing materials
• Provide grant proposal reviews and summarization reports