Arthur McMiler
Leidos QTC Health Services will provide medical disability examination, or MDE, services for the Veterans Benefits Administration’s U.S. regions 1 to 4 under a new contract that parent company Leidos announced on Monday.
Liz Porter, Leidos health and civil sector president, noted that the company’s unit delivered over 1 million medical examinations to the VBA in 2024, continuing to advance the administration’s program efficiency and innovation. “These veteran disability compensation and pension exams provide a vital service to those who have sacrificed so much for our nation,” she said.
The new award is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a one-year base period and a one-year extension option. It calls for QTC Health Services to conduct veteran medical exams and related administration services, such as claimant appointment, medical records management and performance and customer satisfaction evaluations.
The Leidos unit’s VBA support has been continuing since 1998, providing services to an average of 63,000 veterans monthly. To continuously improve its program efficiency, QTC Health Services has adopted innovations, including the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning, to support claimant processing. In addition, its fleet of mobile health clinics was expanded to enable service access of veterans either homebound or in rural locations.
In November 2022, Leidos announced that QTC Health Services had received two prime MDE services contracts with a potential combined value of $1.7 billion over six and a half years. In 2016, the Leidos unit, along with VetFed Resources and Veterans Evaluation Services, earned spots in a potential five-year, $6.8 billion contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs for processing medical exam reports needed for veterans’ disability claims.
Separately, government services provider Maximus also announced on Monday that the VBA has renewed the MDE service contract of its VES subsidiary for U.S. regions 1 to 4. The Tysons, Virginia-based company noted that the volume caps on earlier MDE contracts have been exceeded due to a heavier-than-expected surge in veteran-claimant demand.
