Healthcare IT

The U.S. Army has awarded Charles River Analytics a 29-month, $1M contract to continue to develop a mobile application designed to predict outcomes in military patients with traumatic injury. Charles River said Thursday it aims to help the service branch cut the rate of preventable trauma deaths through the Ensemble Prediction for Combat Casualty Care tool. Max Metzger, principal […] More

LMI has secured a position on a potential 10-year, $1.6B indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in efforts to develop, implement and align health care quality measures. The company said Wednesday it seeks to expand its presence within CMS and offer data collection and analysis services to help the agency manage patient care […] More

A mobile application Maximus developed for Louisiana’s Medicaid program has helped beneficiaries explore and select coverage plans with the use of smartphones. The Healthy Louisiana app is equipped with authentication and encryption features meant to secure protected health and personnally identifiable information, Maximus said Wednesday. The volume of digital enrollment applications under the state’s managed care program through mobile and web platforms doubled […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has secured a $13.3M contract modification from the Defense Health Agency to provide integrated professional services to the Military Health System. The company will support MHS as the enterprise works toward obtaining a “High Reliability Organization” status and perform additional services worth $3M in the National Capital Region, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD […] More

KBR‘s government services business has received a potential three-year, $71M task order to help the the Defense Health Agency secure health care information technology systems. The company said Wednesday KBRwyle will support DHA’s assessment and authorization division in efforts to comply with information assurance directives and processes; prepare risk management framework packages; assess potential risks; and standardize IA test […] More

ICF has won a potential three-year, $20 million task order to help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention update a cloud-based public health surveillance system. The company said Thursday it will provide technical expertise and support services for the surveillance, information management, technology, data management and analytic tools of the agency’s BioSense platform. The recompete task order contains a one-year […] More

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has awarded DXC Technology a potential 10-year, $400 million contract to update the state’s Medicaid Management Information System. DXC said Tuesday it will also help department manage systems and business processes related to the healthcare program, as well as integrate new business modules into MMIS. John McCabe, general manager and vice […] More

    DLH Corp. has won a $5 million contract to support healthcare operations at the U.S. Navy’s Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth,Va. The Atlanta, Ga.-based firm said Tuesday it will provide integrative and comprehensive care to medical home port patients at the NMCP complex and at the center’s Oceana and Virginia Beach facilities. As part of […] More

Six companies have issued a joint statement at the CMS Blue Button 2.0 Developer Conference to address barriers to the use of technology platforms that work to facilitate health care interoperability. Microsoft, IBM, Google, Salesforce, Oracle and Amazon have vowed to work together to “unlock the potential in health care data, to deliver better outcomes at […] More

Maximus has received a $17 million base contract from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to provide managed care enrollment broker services for the state’s Medicaid program. The company said Tuesday it will enroll, assist, educate and counsel eligible beneficiaries via phone, in-person interaction or online technology to help them select the […] More

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has partnered with the U.S Navy to facilitate a pilot program that aims to increase service members’ access to medical services. APL said Thursday it will integrate systems, assess tools and analyzes data in an effort to update healthcare delivery models for active-duty servicemen in Pensacola, Fla., through the Connected Corpsmen in […] More

CGI has received a potential seven-year, $281 million contract to update, maintain and operate a technology platform used to process payroll and case management data for home care services providers across the state of California. The company said Tuesday it will integrate new tools into the Case Management Information and Payrolling System built to manage personal care services […] More