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Contract Award: Optum Healthcare Solutions LLC (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) – $19,712,748.

Optum Healthcare Solutions LLC, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, was awarded Option Four for contract (HT0011-17-C-0017) in the amount of $19,712,748. The Global Nurse Advice Line is a continued service to some Military Health System eligible beneficiaries and encompasses both the current continental U.S. and outside the continental U.S. for nurse advice line services. The Global Nurse Advice Line services provide access to telehealth registered nurses for triage services, self-care advice, and general health inquiries 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It also offers customer service and care coordination. This contract fully funds Option Period Four, for a 6 month period of performance from March 18, 2022, to Sept. 17, 2022, using fiscal 2022 operations and maintenance funds. The Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, Virginia, is the contracting activity. (Awarded March 18, 2022)



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