R -- Reqest for Information-Billing Services

AFMS Third Party Collection - Request for Information THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This request is for planning purposes only, and does not constitute an Invitation for Bids, a Request for Proposals, a Solicitation, a Request for Quotes, or an indication the Government will contract for the items contained in the RFI. The Government does not reimburse respondents for any cost associated with submission of the information being requested or reimburse expenses incurred to interested parties for responses to this RFI. The purpose of this RFI is to receive feedback from industry in regard to the following and is in support of market research. Information is being gathered to determine if more than one supplier has the capability to fully meet the Government's stated requirements. The Air Force Medical Service is seeking contract support for various billing and collection activities for Air Force Military Treatment Facilities. Billing and collecting activities are specific to collections, accounts follow-up, accounts receivable, denials management, refunds, and appeals for maximizing the billing/collecting of third party payers, civilian emergency/trauma collections and other non-beneficiaries seen in an MTF. Contract support will also directly support other health insurance (OHI) identification/verification within the Air Force Military Treatment Facilities. Any vendor supporting such activities would be required to have a developed and operational billing system capable of electronically billing for all outpatient, inpatient, and ancillary services. Such a system has to generate the appropriate reports to track accounts receivables per standardized financial reporting requirements. Such a system would be expected to be immediately deployed upon execution of any contract support and must comply with all DOD system requirements. Respondents to this RFI should provide a brief qualifications and capability package (not to exceed 10 pages). Also include information such as: Company name, address, email, telephone number, points of contact, CAGE code, size of business pursuant to North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) and respond to the following questions: (1) Is your business a large or small business (2) If small, does your firm qualify as a small, emergent business, or a small, disadvantaged business (3) If disadvantaged, specify under which disadvantaged group and whether your firm is certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act. (4) Is your firm a certified HUBZone firm (5) Is your firm a woman-owned or operated business (6) Is your firm a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned To the maximum extent possible, please submit non-proprietary information. Any proprietary information submitted should be identified as such and will be properly. This is an RFI only and all information received will be for marketing purposes. All communication regarding this RFI, including submissions, should be in writing and submitted in a commonly used format electronically. Telephone inquiries, questions, and/or comments will not be accepted, and a response may not be provided. All communication will be posted through FedBizOpps for this Request for Information. Please provide the requested information no later than 11:00 A.M. (Eastern Standard Time), 27 February 2008, via email in either a PDF or word document to both Stephanie Cruz at stephanie.cruz@bolling.af.mil and Tonico Beope at tonico.beope@bolling.af.mil . All questions must be submitted NLT 11:00 A.M. EST, 21 February 2008. Contact: Stephanie Cruz, Phone 703-681-6391, Email stephanie.cruz@bolling.af.mil Tonico Beope, Contracting Officer, Phone 202-404-6886, Email tonico.beope@bolling.af.mil