Notice ID: 211473
Award Number: GS-06F-0615Z
Task Order Number: HHSM-500-2015-00472G
“CMS has an immediate need for a short-term bridge contract of a one-month base period followed by five, one month options in duration for independent testing to the Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Payment Systems under the STC contract. This need exists because the term of the STC order currently ends May 1, 2021, while efforts to procure such services to be performed after this date have become mired in post-award protests.”
“DCCA provides independent testing of design changes to the FFS as part of its role as the STC under Contract GS-06F-0615Z, Task Order HHSM-500-2015-00472G. Specifically, this work entails on-going test functionality for the Shared Systems and interfaces, Beta testing, Quarterly Release Test Management (QRTM), regression testing, off-quarter testing of releases, and production fixes and enhancements. The STC contract also supports the Combined Common Edits Module (CCEM) and its interfaces with the Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS), for institutional Part A and B services, the Multi-Carrier System (MCS), for physician and other practitioner services, release regression and integration testing of the FFS Shared Systems responsible for developing Medicare claims processing and payment services operating under the legacy shared systems. Other testing needed to support interface testing includes Provider Enrollment Chain and Ownership System (PECOS), Integrated Data Repository (IDR), Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT), Fraud Prevention System (FPS), National Level Repository (NLR), Accountable Care Organization (ACO), and Electronic Submission of Medical Documentation System (esMD)…”
