Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to award an Electronic Health Record (EHR) incentive payment contract to a Payment File Development Contractor (PFDC). The PFDC will assist CMS in disbursing incentive payments to Puerto Rico/ Eligible Hospitals (EHs) under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. The Contractor shall focus on the HITECH program; the tasks include: making payments to EHs, closing out accounts, processing meaningful use audit and cost report audit demand letters, collecting and reporting on receivables, debt referrals to the United States (US) Treasury, processing and handling Remedy tickets, managing/monitoring extended repayment schedules (ERS), making manual payments and manual adjustments to payments, and working with all associated stakeholders in helping to finish the HITECH program. The PFDC also ensures proper oversight of funds control and accounting related to these payments, recoveries and communications, as well as participating in the annual Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Audit and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-123 Audit.