Research, Measurement, Assessment, Design, and Analysis (RMADA) 2   6

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to award an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts to provide CMS with a wide range of analytic 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 the way 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 of the new models include multiple payers working in collaboration with CMS to reform the care delivery system. The RMADA 2 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, implementation and operations (with the exception of information technology design, application and security);
Conducting programmatic technical, and environmental analyses;
Assisting with application development and review of model participants / applicants;
Monitoring of model site's and participant's progress;
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;
Implementing learning systems to support accelerated learning and improvement and dissemination of promising practices; and creating summative reports of annual and final program findings.