Contracts

Signing Contract MSCG has provided high-quality health management consulting, training, technical assistance, logistics, and technical support services to a variety of U.S. federal agencies and private organizations. An overview of our current and previous contracts is listed below:

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Technical Assistance to Enhance Program Management of Primary Care Activities Supported by the Bureau of Primary Health Care
National Health Service Corps Technical Assistance Management Support
Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Project
Organizational Study/Management Review
Tuskegee Cost Study
Pre-award Reviews for CDC Grantees
HIV Strategic Planning
Diversity Assessment
Financial Management and Strategic Planning
Short Term Executive Management
Medical Homes Performance Reviews
Clinical Core Measures and Quality Improvement Technical Assistance
Technical Assistance to Primary Care Associations and National Organizations
Quality Improvement Strategic Planning
Black Lung Clinics Technical Assistance

Client: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Contract Description: Part C & D User Calls

The purpose of this contract is to conduct conference calls for plans offering either a stand-alone Prescription Drug Plan (PDPs) or a Medicare Advantage plan (MA or MA-PD).

The purpose of user group conference calls is to provide callers with ready access to CMS staff for the purpose of administrating both the Part C & D benefit programs. Both general phone calls and topic specific phone calls (e.g., reporting requirements) shall be required.

Client: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Contract Description: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration IDIQ

MSCG is a subcontractor to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to provide support for pilot and evaluation projects, statistical projects and analytical projects in support of SAMHSA’s agency wide IDIQ.

Client: Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health

Contract Description: Technical Assistance to Enhance Program Management of Primary Care Activities Supported by the Bureau of Primary Health Care

Provided on-site technical assistance to over 700 community-based organizations such as Community and Migrant Health Centers, Health Care for the Homeless Programs, Healthy Schools, Health Communities programs, Public Housing Primary Care Programs, Primary Care Associations and Healthy Communities Access Program grantees. The goal of the technical assistance is to improve organizational effectiveness and enhance the delivery of primary care services. Primary contract activities include: maintaining a roster of over 800 consultants who are experts in community-based primary care, developing training programs for consultant reviewers on various site review protocols, monitoring the consultant evaluation process, and providing logistical and financial oversight for the technical assistance visits.

Client: Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, National Health Service Corps

Contract Description: National Health Service Corps Technical Assistance Management Support

MSCG provides contract management support and technical assistance to the National Health Service Corps staff, providers and sites. Technical assistance is designed to assist the sites in enhancing their operational management activities to improve the delivery of health care services to medically underserved populations. Activities include maintaining a roster of approximately 65 consultant experts, developing technical assistance protocols, developing consultant training programs, monitoring the technical assistance process and providing logistical and financial oversight for the technical assistance visits.

Client: Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Rural Health Policy

Contract Description: Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Project

MSCG provides technical assistance to rural health care providers on the Chronic Care Model concepts to enhance chronic disease management in rural health care provider settings as a means to improve health outcomes. The contract objectives include:

Assist the grantees to implement and use a patient registry system
Track and report specific health indicators using nationally accepted performance measures
Assess the need for quality improvement and develop additional performance measures
Participate in technical assistance through peer learning workshops

Client: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health

Contract Description: Organizational Study/Management Review

Conducted a study to develop findings and recommendations that would ensure the effective organization and staffing of OMH program operations in fulfilling the overall objectives of Office of Minority Health. Interviewed staff stationed at all ten Field Offices as well as Central Office staff.

Client: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Contract Description: Tuskegee Cost Study

Management review of Tuskegee study survivor’s health benefit program. Prepared report for the Congress on the true cost of maintaining this program for the survivors of this study.

Client: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Contract Description: Pre-award Reviews for CDC Grantees

Designed review protocol and conducted onsite Recipient Capability Assessments of prospective CDC grantees and conducted some 40 such assessments of prospective “REACH” and HIV Outreach grantees.

Client: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Contract Description: HIV Strategic Planning

Coordinated the planning and management of national meetings and conference calls in support of the CDC HIV Strategic Plan. Prepared meeting summaries, coordinated all consultant travel and provided oversight and monitoring of public comment and review process.

Client: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Contract Description: Diversity Assessment

Conducted diversity survey for the Center for Environmental Health. The purpose of the survey was to assess current programmatic efforts sponsored by CDC to increase the number of minorities interested in the field of environmental health and to make recommendations for improvement.

Client: Administration on Aging

Contract Description: Financial Management and Strategic Planning

Provided onsite infrastructure support for an eclectic array of the Agency on Aging’s administrative management activities, including management reviews, budget and accounting development and operations. Conducted interviews of staff regarding implementation of Agency strategic plan.

Client: District of Columbia Area Health Education Center

Contract Description: Short Term Executive Management

Responsible for managing all Area Health Education Center functions and activities. Activities included, managing service learning contract with George Washington University, overseeing contract review and award to community clinics for service learning support, establishing relationships with community clinic physicians and university student placement officers and maintaining communications with Center and Program Advisory Boards.

Client: District of Columbia Primary Care Association

Contract Description: Medical Homes Performance Reviews

Responsible for updating the Medical Homes Performance Standards Review survey tool and subsequently assessing the operational status of selected DC health centers. A major component of the tool included organizational compliance with and readiness to pursue FQHC Look-alike status or Section 330 funding. Fourteen health centers were selected to field test the instrument and provide findings. Based on the findings preliminary conclusions were identified in areas where training and other forms of technical assistance may have been needed most. Site visits were conducted by two-person teams of experienced surveyors accompanied by the DCPCA Clinical Coordinator.

Client:Health Resources and Services Administration, Center for Quality

Contract Description: Clinical Core Measures and Quality Improvement Technical Assistance

The purpose of this contract is to plan for and develop content for supplemental technical assistance to assist Health Resources and Services Administration grantees in the implementation of HRSA Clinical Core Measures and in related quality improvement activities.

Client: Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care

Contract Description: Technical Assistance for Primary Care Associations and National Organizations

The purpose of this contract is to provide skills building, organizational development, quality improvement and technical assistance services to State and Regional Primary Care Associations and National Cooperative Agreements.

Client: Mid-Atlantic Association of Community Health Centers

Contract Description: Quality Improvement Strategic Planning

MSCG conducted quality capacity building for the association by engaging Medical Directors and other senior clinical staff in Quality Improvement strategic planning activities.

Client: Health Resources and Services Administration, Black Lung Program

Contract Description: Black Lung Clinics Technical Assistance

MSCG provides technical and consultative assistance to the Black Lung Clinics Program. The technical assistance is intended to enhance overall program management and effectiveness supported by the Office of Rural Health Policy. MSCG staff and consultants l assist the Office of Rural Health Policy in meeting the mandates of its functional responsibilities and achieving the goal of maintaining and strengthening the capacity of grantee organizations.