(Reprinted from July 6, 2009 issue of HealthLeaders Media) For healthcare providers interested in federal contracts, there are several key advantages related to small business contracting that should be of particular interest to most physician groups. One of the major objectives of federal procurement policy is to provide small businesses with fair and reasonable opportunities […]
Beware of Unauthorized Commitments in Executing a Federal Healthcare Contract
(Reprinted from April 6, 2009 issue of HealthLeaders Media) It’s unlikely that most people take the time to read all the way through any kind of commercial contract. All that fine print and paragraph after paragraph of legal jargon seems to be written by and for lawyers. A federal healthcare contract isn’t much different. However, […]
Potomac Health Associates Client Wins VA Contract For Mohs Surgery
McLean, Virginia–Potomac Health Associates, Inc. (PHA) announced that it’s client, Dermatology Associates of Atlanta, PC was awarded a five-year contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide Mohs Surgery for veterans affiliated with the Atlanta VA Medical Center. The contract award is a significant development for DAA as it was awarded the contract over […]
Potomac Health Associates Client Wins $95 Million VA Contract
McLean, Virginia–Potomac Health Associates, Inc. (PHA) announced that it’s client, South Texas Health System (STHS), was awarded a contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide a comprehensive mix of inpatient hospital, medical and emergency services for veterans in a six-county region in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. STHS, owned by a […]
Protesting the Award of a Federal Healthcare Contract
(Reprinted from March 2, 2009 issue of HealthLeaders Media) A large organization solicits bids from three major hospitals for creation of an exclusive provider network. After a period of time, two hospitals learn that they were not selected. Not only do they wonder how their proposals were evaluated, but they have heard rumors that the […]
Evaluation of a Federal Healthcare Proposal
(Reprinted from February 2, 2009 issue of HealthLeaders Media) You’ve just submitted a multimillion-dollar proposal to provide healthcare services to a federal agency for five years that your team has been working on for months. Now what? In the typical negotiated procurement, the agency will have one team reviewing technical elements and past performance, and […]