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Sole-Source Contracting with Affiliated Institutions
Conference Call Presentation with AAMC
December 2, 2008Dr. Karen Sanders (VA)
Carmen Brooks (VA)
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Background
• OIG February 2005 report (05-01318-85) identifies opportunities for contracting improvement– Lack of acquisition planning– Non standardized contracting
practices– Contract terms and conditions do not
always protect VA’s interests– High contract pricing– Legal issues (conflicts of interest)
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VA Directive 1663: Initial Draft• Responded to specific OIG concerns
– Sole source contracts discouraged because of “abuse” identified
– Affiliate viewed as contractor of last resort
– More oversight required– More information needed to validate
pricing
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OIG (continued)• Contract should be based on direct
costs– Pricing methodologies routinely
employed by other government agencies not allowed (RVU, procedure based contracts)
– No provision for including indirect educational costs
• OIG must review contracts >$500,000– No timeliness measures for audits
and reviews
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VA Directive 1663: Final (Aug 06)
• Sole source contracts accepted as the preferred option whenever resident education and supervision are involved– Explicit recognition that academic
affiliations provide value that may offset higher costs
– By analogy with Medicare IME, additional indirect educational costs permitted
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VA Directive 1663: Final (Aug 06)
• Contracts based on reasonable local market prices accepted
• Reimbursement methodologies employed by other government agencies (e.g., CMS) allowed– RVU reimbursement– Procedure based reimbursement
• OIG review of contracts >$500,000 must occur within 20 working days
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VA Directive 1663: 2006 - 2007
• Field implementation of Directive 1663 falters due to policy and procedural confusion
• Affiliates complain about lack of – Timeliness of contract reviews and
approvals– Expertise of VA contract staff– VA understanding of RVU-based billing – Reimbursement of appropriate costs– Timeliness of payments– Fair claims adjudication process
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New Contracting Processes
• Sept 07 – New director of VHA’s medical sharing office appointed
• New contract oversight committee (“rapid response team”) created for timely reviews
• Performance metrics established• Improved communication with VA facility and
VISN contracting personnel• Resource website for contract templates• OIG and legal input involved “up front” in
reviews
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Timeline 2008
• Jan 2008 – VA leadership briefed• Feb 2008 – AAMC leadership briefed
– New VACO processes & contracting resources
– Work-down of contract backlog• March 2008 – Continuation of dialogue
– Communication strategies– Plans for website, conference calls
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Timeline 2008 (continued)
• June 2008 – Release of joint communication plan
• July 2008 – website opened– http://www.va.gov/oaa/solesource/def
ault.asp• September 2008 – new OIG report
– Audit of VHA Non Competitive Clinical Sharing Agreements (Report 08-00477-211
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Response to 2nd OIG Report
• Increased training for Contracting personnel– Better performance monitoring of
contracts– More familiarity with Medicare rates
(such as exclusion of the facility fee component of Medicare)
• Possible centralization of contracting personnel to central office
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FY 2008 Accomplishments• Increased sharing agreement review
turn-around under 90 days from 3% in FY2007 to 85% for FY2008
• Nearly doubled number of sharing agreement solicitations reviews for FY2008 (482 compared to 270 in FY2007)
• Developed web-based information library of all sharing agreements reviewed for VHA-based users
• Reduced reliance on interim contracts
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FY2009 Goals
• Meet target of sharing agreement review turn-around within 90 days to 90% for FY2009
• Establish Medicare-based pricing support contract
• Clarify VA Directive 1663 for Medical Sharing Agreements
• Initiate VHA national clinical contracting training program for VA contracting officials
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Current Status
• Clarification of Directive 1663 in progress– Simplify procedures– Take out contradictions– Increase flexibility for local facilities
to choose sole source contracting if it meets their needs
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Continuing Challenges• Consistent training for Contracting
Staff at the National level• Structure is in place but training is
inconsistent • Federal Acquisition Certification - Contracting classes for
contracting staff to obtain FAC-C certification- warrants- FAC-COTR training
• VA is working diligently to bring consistency to the acquisition training structure
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Challenges 2008 - 2009 (cont’d)
• As part of a re-alignment effort, VA will be developing performance measures that strengthen oversight controls and monitoring
• Will establish standard procedures to follow up on planned improvement actions
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Questions?
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Contact Us at…
• Carmen K. Brooks, Office of Prosthetics and Clinical Logistics, Acting Director of Medical Sharing, 202-461-1788, [email protected]
• Karen M. Sanders, Deputy Chief, Office of Academic Affiliations, 804-675-6488 or 202-461-9490, [email protected]