Qlarant is a subcontractor to USMax for this CMS Education & Outreach contract.
The CMS CPI Education and Outreach contract is a multi-pronged education and outreach contract designed to target stakeholders on program integrity, while detecting and reducing fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA), and identifying and preventing improper payments in the CMS programs. These programs include Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Marketplace. Under this contract, the Education and Outreach contractor performs numerous tasks through education and outreach and applies industry-standard best practices including items such as:
- Integrating program integrity education and outreach activities throughout CPI initiatives to support a holistic and coordinated program integrity strategy;
- Expanding education and outreach efforts to reach all relevant audiences and their stakeholders with the most timely and accurate information;
- Responding rapidly to vulnerabilities to contain and mitigate FWA as quickly as possible;
- Reducing improper and fraudulent payments from Government programs; and
- Establishing greater transparency, stakeholder participation, and collaboration to improve and promote accountability, efficiency, and effectiveness in CMS programs.
