HQR Analytics, Reporting, Business Outcomes & Research

This contract action is focused on awarding and funding the Transition In and Base Period for the HQR Enhancement & Advancement Technologies (HEAT) initiative, which supports the Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) program. The HQR program encompasses federally mandated quality reporting requirements across more than 10,000 healthcare facilities including hospitals, Ambulatory Surgical Centers, and Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities. The contractor will be responsible for designing, developing, enhancing, operating, and maintaining the IT systems that underpin these reporting functions, ensuring ongoing operations, implementing new enhancements, enabling integration with other systems, and delivering continuous improvements to support federal quality measurement and public reporting goals. The contract is designated as a Total Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS code 541511, indicating it is reserved exclusively for small businesses. The effort is managed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, with point of contact for program matters being Angela Fitzgerald and Yadira Kelly serving as the Contracting Officer. The work will be performed on a nationwide basis with no specific geographic restriction, and the contract title reflects its broader scope encompassing analytics, reporting, business outcomes, and research related to hospital quality data. The goal is to ensure the HQR systems remain robust, scalable, and aligned with evolving healthcare quality standards and federal mandates.