CMS Award of WCRC Contract Withstands Protests

A protest to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ contract award for a new workers’ compensation review contractor has been denied. The denial of the protest on Dec. 12 means that the CMS award to Capitol Bridge LLC remains in place. However, Jean Goldstein, legal and corporate affairs manager at Medval, noted that the bidders who were not awarded the contract might still ask for reconsideration of their protest. The companies that protested the award were Arch Systems LLC and Ken Consulting Inc. “Furthermore, it is not clear as to when Capitol Bridge will be...