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End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Reporting System (EQRS) Scoring & Feedback

ID: 240852 • Type: Justification

Description

This action is for an extension to the EQRS Scoring & Feedback (S&F) Contract. EQRS is the system that supports the End-stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program (ESRD QIP), a legislatively mandated value-based purchasing (VBP) program. MIPPA, in 1881(h) of the Social Security Acts, as added through 153 (c) of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, defines the QIP. EQRS supports QIP by calculating facility performance scores for public use. The ESRD QIP is the most recent step in fostering improved patient outcomes by establishing incentives for dialysis facilities to meet or exceed performance standards established by CMS. This step has been an important component of the Medicare ESRD payment system. Provider performance on these measures can result in up to a 2% payment reduction for an entire year.
The EQRS SF team partners with CMS stakeholders and the ESRD community on potential improvements and enhancements to the EQRS QIP UI, infrastructure, architecture, maintenance, framework and enhancements of data exchange, consolidation, and normalization, as well as providing scoring and feedback via UI and reporting.
The EQRS system collects dialysis facility, patient, and clinical performance measures data, determines Medicare eligibility and coverage periods for ESRD patients, and measures the quality of care provided to ESRD patients by dialysis facilities. EQRS provides the dialysis facilities and CMS with a comprehensive view of the ESRD Community and Programs. This project uses open source and test-driven development (TDD). It aligns with CMS' strategic vision to advance health equity, expand access to coverage and care, and drive high-quality person-centered care.

Background
The contract is for an extension to the EQRS Scoring & Feedback (S&F) Contract, which supports the End-stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program (ESRD QIP), a legislatively mandated value-based purchasing program. The system calculates facility performance scores for public use and supports CMS stakeholders and the ESRD community on potential improvements and enhancements to the EQRS QIP UI, infrastructure, architecture, maintenance, framework, data exchange, consolidation, and normalization. It aligns with CMS' strategic vision to advance health equity, expand access to coverage and care, and drive high-quality person-centered care.

Work Details
The contractor will provide an extension to the EQRS Scoring & Feedback (S&F) Contract. The work includes partnering with CMS stakeholders and the ESRD community on potential improvements and enhancements to the EQRS QIP UI, infrastructure, architecture, maintenance, framework, data exchange, consolidation, and normalization. Additionally, the contractor will provide scoring and feedback via UI and reporting. The EQRS system collects dialysis facility, patient, and clinical performance measures data; determines Medicare eligibility and coverage periods for ESRD patients; measures the quality of care provided to ESRD patients by dialysis facilities; provides a comprehensive view of the ESRD Community and Programs; monitors clinical status, transplant activities, dialysis activities, Medicare utilization of ESRD patients; calculates Medicare ESRD coverage periods, dialysis coverage periods, clinical dialysis periods, transplant periods for renal patients; extracts data for program analysis, policy development, and epidemiological research; serves as a national registry of renal information about non-Medicare patients resident in the United States; and is one of the primary sources of data for the United States Renal Data System (USRDS). The project uses open source and test-driven development (TDD).

Period of Performance
This action is for a 9-month extension to the EQRS SF contract. The current contract is scheduled to end February 2024.
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Overview

Agency
CMS Office of Acquisition and Grants Management (OAGM) [HHS - CMS]
Award Date
Jan. 24, 2024
Response Deadline
None
Posted
Jan. 24, 2024, 8:43 a.m. EST
Set Aside
None
NAICS
541519 - Other Computer Related Services
PSC
DA01 - IT And Telecom - Business Application/Application Development Support Services (Labor)
Place of Performance
Not Provided
Source
SAM
Current SBA Size Standard
$34 Million
Pricing
Likely Fixed Price
Signs of Shaping
53% of similar contracts within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had a set-aside.
On 1/24/24 CMS Office of Acquisition and Grants Management issued Justification 240852 for End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Reporting System (EQRS) Scoring & Feedback.
Primary Contact
Name
Sabrina Thompson   Profile
Email
sabrina.thompson1@cms.hhs.gov
Phone
(410) 786-3242

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Additional Details

Source Agency Hierarchy
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF > CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES > OFC OF ACQUISITION AND GRANTS MGMT
FPDS Organization Code
7530-75FCMC
Source Organization Code
500019128
Last Updated
Feb. 23, 2024
Last Updated By
sabrina.thompson1@cms.hhs.gov
Archive Date
Feb. 23, 2024