Demonstration and Evaluation of Competitive Bidding as a Method of Purchasing Clinical Laboratory Services: Implementation and Administration Report

摘要

The report details the roles and responsibilities of involved parties in the demonstration project on competitive bidding of clinical laboratory services. Two main areas are detailed: Implementation and Administration. Under implementation, the following topics are addressed: (1) Presentation to health care financing administration regional offices and carriers; (2) Carrier implementation plan and supplementary budget; (3) Carrier systems modifications; (4) Monitoring of carrier implementation effort; (5) Publicize the procurement; (6) Conduct bidders' conferences; (7) Bid submission and evaluation; (8) Dissemination of results; and (9) Conduct carrier system test and begin demonstration. Administration topics include: (1) Monitoring of carrier operations; (2) Complaint mechanisms; (3) Claim utilization monitoring; (4) Quality compliance mechanisms; (5) Recompetition; and (6) Completion and close-out activities.