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

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. Work includes:
*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.