Medicare Integrated Systems Testing (MIST)

Background
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is conducting market research to identify parties capable of performing services related to the agency’s need for 'Medicare Integrated Systems Testing (MIST).' The purpose of this market research is to determine the agency’s method of procuring such services in the future. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals. Submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary.

Work Details
The purpose of this contract is to provide CMS with fully integrated testing functionality for the Fee for Service (FFS) ecosystem, consisting of various components such as Fiscal Intermediary Shared System(FISS), Multi-Carrier System (MCS), Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Common Working File (CWF), Dental Claims Processing System (DCPS), and the Benefits Coordination & Recovery Center/(BCRC)/Medicare Secondary Payer Systems Contractor (MSPSC) Coordination of Benefits Agreement (COBA) systems process, and the Medicare Payment System Modernization (MPSM). The contractor will be responsible for comprehensive integration testing, inclusive of, but not limited to embedded test automation constructs at the code development stage, functional, validation, regression, system and performance testing for production readiness while maximizing the use of automation for all testing phases.