ESRD Help Desk

Department of Health and Human Services

Forecast Overview

NAICS
541512
Performance end
6/2025

ESRD Help Desk Re-compete: The Automated Plan Payment System (APPS) is the system that CMS uses to calculate, validate and process prospective monthly payments in advance to Medicare Advantage Plans, Prescription Drug Sponsors, and various demonstrations and other plan types. CMS is required by law to make monthly payments to Plans and Sponsors. The Contractor is responsible for assisting in the correction of ESRD data when a plan reports an incorrect payment. The APPS is the focal point core system for processing monthly plan payments and is key to ensuring that these multi-billion dollar payments can be made accurately and on time.

Source

Source
HHS SBCX Forecast Export
Source file
Forecast.csv
Official source
Agency forecast source
Last verified
2026-08-31

Agency-published contact: · evelyn.dixon1@cms.hhs.gov

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