Specifications include, but are not limited to: States that operate Medicaid managed care programs are required by the Social Security Act to arrange for an independent, external evaluation of contracted health plans. Given this, ODM is required to contract with one or more independent organizations to conduct annual external quality reviews of the quality, accessibility, and timeliness of services provided to Medicaid individuals served by health plans. ODM recognizes that Performance Evaluation and Improvement requires different expertise in methodology, assessment, analysis, etc. than Administrative Compliance activities. Therefore, ODM has separated EQR activities into two separate RFPs Deliverables, this one being for Performance Evaluation and Improvement and the other for Administrative Compliance.