Dobson | DaVanzo is a small business founded in 2007 with a demonstrated history of managing contracts to provide health services research and consulting to Federal clients.

1) Evaluation of the Medicare Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG) Access Demonstration
CMS contracted with Dobson | DaVanzo to evaluate a legislatively mandated Demonstration that seeks to improve Medicare beneficiaries’ access to IVIG infusion therapies in the home and determine the appropriateness of a bundled payment methodology for IVIG therapy in all care settings. The evaluation uses qualitative and quantitative analyses, as well as a beneficiary survey. As part of this project, Dobson | DaVanzo updates a 2007 report to the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Administration (ASPE) on the supply, distribution, demand, and utilization of IVIG. Dobson | DaVanzo also compares the current payment structures for IVIG across all care settings and conducts an annual claims analyses comparing outcomes for Demonstration participants to beneficiaries not in the Demonstration. Our team uses the evaluation to inform a Final Report to Congress.

2) State Data Resource Center (SDRC)
Through its State Data Resource Center (SDRC) contract with CMS, Dobson | DaVanzo provides technical assistance to Medicaid agencies to support their use of Medicare data for care coordination, program integrity, and quality improvement purposes for Medicare-Medicaid dually eligible beneficiaries. Together with our subcontractor, Acumen, LLC, Dobson | DaVanzo assists states, territories, and Medicare-Medicaid plans with obtaining, maintaining, and using CMS data. Dobson | DaVanzo hosts monthly webinars and Medicare Data Workgroup (MDW) calls to facilitate dialogue among Medicaid agencies and to share knowledge on data usage and best practices. Dobson | DaVanzo also assists CMS in tracking and managing state, territory, and plan data request agreements and related documentation.

3) Monitoring and Data Validation of Parts C and D Reporting Requirements
CMS contracted with Dobson | DaVanzo to monitor Medicare Parts C and D reporting requirement data submissions, prepare and analyze submitted data, create Public Use Files (PUFs), and update and create Data Validation Standards. Our team, which includes Acumen, LLC as our subcontractor, works to improve the timeliness, completeness, validity, and accuracy of Parts C and D reporting requirement data to enable better assessment of organization performance and assurance that the care provided to Parts C and D beneficiaries meets CMS standards of quality, safety, and affordability.

4) Part D Formulary and Benefits Assessments
CMS contracted with Dobson | DaVanzo to conduct analyses for the Medicare Part D program to support CMS in determining whether the Part D formulary and benefit offerings are being administered as approved or dictated by Title I of the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA). Together with our subcontractor, Acumen, LLC, we conduct four core annual analyses and additional ad hoc activities to assist CMS in ensuring that Medicare Part D plans offer appropriate drug coverage and benefits for Part D beneficiaries, and that they provide Medicare Part D offerings as approved and advertised.

5) Medicare Part D Claims Analyses
CMS contracted with Dobson | DaVanzo to conduct planned and ad hoc activities that assist CMS in ensuring that plans offer appropriate drug coverage and benefits for Part D beneficiaries and that beneficiaries are utilizing drugs in a safe and appropriate manner. Our team, which includes Acumen, LLC as our subcontractor, helps to support CMS in its management and oversight of the Medicare Part D benefit.

6) Medicare Part D Payment Process
CMS contracted with Dobson | DaVanzo for analytical, audit, and other services in support of the Medicare Part D payment process. Together with our subcontractor, Acumen, LLC, Dobson | DaVanzo contributes to two main objectives: maintaining the integrity of prescription drug event (PDE) data and supporting Part D payment processes, including analyzing key inputs to the annual Part D payment reconciliation, while ensuring the smooth implementation of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) changes that impact these areas.

7) Improvements to Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH)
CMS contracted with Dobson | DaVanzo to assist with implementing a revised Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) DSH payment policy as called for by Section 3133 of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA). Dobson | DaVanzo assesses data sources and definitions for uncompensated care and the uninsured to help CMS determine the calculation for DSH payments. Dobson | DaVanzo also provides technical assistance to CMS during the IPPS rulemaking cycle by conducting impact analyses as well as reviewing and summarizing DSH-related stakeholder comments.

8) Medicare Part D Manufacturer Discount Program Data Support
CMS contracted with Dobson | DaVanzo to obtain analytic and technical assistance related to the Medicare Part D program. Together with our subcontractor, Acumen, LLC, Dobson | DaVanzo utilizes Prescription Drug Event (PDE), plan enrollment and other data sources to support CMS in its evaluation of the Manufacturer Discount Program, to provide plan sponsors with information to help them effectively coordinate benefits for their enrollees, and to analyze other aspects of the Part D program.

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