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The purpose of this contract action is to acquire technical assistance to ensure the appropriate use of non-Electronic Clinical Data Set (ECDS) quality measures from the National Committee for Quality... The purpose of this contract action is to acquire technical assistance to ensure the appropriate use of non-Electronic Clinical Data Set (ECDS) quality measures from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) models. The Innovation Center models use quality measures to assess quality of care and support monitoring and evaluation activities. The quality measures may be used as specified by the measure owner or re-specified to fit the specifics of a model within NCQA’s rules for appropriate use. For each quality measure, model-specific measure specifications must be created and posted online (publicly) for model participants, Innovation Center staff, and support Contractors. Under this contract, technical assistance shall be provided to ensure the appropriate use of NCQA measures on a per measure basis in new and existing models in each performance year.