This Model Will Test Whether a Three-Pronged Approach to National Technical Assistance Will Enable Large Scale Transformation of Thousands of Clinician Practices to Deliver Better Care and Result in Better Health Outcomes AT Lower Costs. This Technical Assistance Design Includes: (1) Aligned Federal and State Programs and Resources Moving Toward Common Transformation Goals; (2) Practice Transformation Networks (PTN) Formed by Group Practices, Health Care Systems, and Others That Join Together to Serve AS Trusted Partners to Provide Clinician Practices With Quality Improvement (QI) Expertise, Best Practices, Coaching and Help AS They Prepare for Transformation; and, (3) Professional Associations and Others That Align Their Memberships, Channels, Continuing Medical Education Credits and Other Work to Support the Ptns&practices Forming Public Private Collaborations
Contract Overview
Contract Amount: $29,143,178 ($29.1M)
Contractor: THE Lewin Group, Inc.
Awarding Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Start Date: 2015-09-22
End Date: 2019-12-30
Contract Duration: 1,560 days
Daily Burn Rate: $18.7K/day
Official Description: IGF::CT::IGF THIS MODEL WILL TEST WHETHER A THREE-PRONGED APPROACH TO NATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WILL ENABLE LARGE SCALE TRANSFORMATION OF THOUSANDS OF CLINICIAN PRACTICES TO DELIVER BETTER CARE AND RESULT IN BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES AT LOWER COSTS. THIS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE DESIGN INCLUDES: (1) ALIGNED FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES MOVING TOWARD COMMON TRANSFORMATION GOALS; (2) PRACTICE TRANSFORMATION NETWORKS (PTN) FORMED BY GROUP PRACTICES, HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, AND OTHERS THAT JOIN TOGETHER TO SERVE AS TRUSTED PARTNERS TO PROVIDE CLINICIAN PRACTICES WITH QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (QI) EXPERTISE, BEST PRACTICES, COACHING AND HELP AS THEY PREPARE FOR TRANSFORMATION; AND, (3) PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHERS THAT ALIGN THEIR MEMBERSHIPS, CHANNELS, CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION CREDITS AND OTHER WORK TO SUPPORT THE PTNS&PRACTICES FORMING PUBLIC PRIVATE COLLABORATIONS.
Place of Performance
Location: Maryland, 21244
State: Maryland Government Spending