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  • Leidos Secures NIH IT Support Task Orders
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    Leidos Secures NIH IT Support Task Orders

    Leidos has received three task orders worth $45 million combined from the National Institutes of Health to provide information technology services to the National Heart Lung Blood Institute’s IT and applications center. The company said Thursday it will use a software quality process that employs agile and DevOps methods in efforts to help ITAC maintain NHLBI’s IT application portfolio […] More

  • Leidos-Led Consortium Deploys ‘Genesis’ EHR Platform to Army Medical Center in Washington
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    Leidos-Led Consortium Deploys ‘Genesis’ EHR Platform to Army Medical Center in Washington

    A Leidos-led industry team has delivered the new Military Health System’s electronic health records platform to a U.S. Army medical center located in Tacoma, Washington. The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health that includes Accenture, Cerner and Henry Schein will install and provide training and support for the MHS Genesis system at the Madigan Army Medical Center, Leidos […] More

  • CNSI to Build CMS Medicaid Advantage Encounter Data Processing System; Adnan Ahmed Comments
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    CNSI to Build CMS Medicaid Advantage Encounter Data Processing System; Adnan Ahmed Comments

    CNSI has received a potential $35 million contract to help the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services develop, engineer and maintain a technology platform to process medical claims data on Medicare Advantage or Part C beneficiaries. The company said Tuesday it aims to build a next-generation Encounter Data Processing System for the agency to collect and […] More

  • Engility Secures $63M in USAF Medical Coding Support Task Orders; Lynn Dugle Comments
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    Engility Secures $63M in USAF Medical Coding Support Task Orders; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has received six task orders worth up to $63 million combined to provide a range of support services to the U.S. Air Force‘s Medical Coding Program Office. The company said Monday it will support medical coding, training, compliance and healthcare informatics programs at 14 USAF bases across the country. “We look forward to bringing to bear the […] More

  • Engility Wins DHA Contract to Support Military Health System Process Integration; Lynn Dugle Comments
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    Engility Wins DHA Contract to Support Military Health System Process Integration; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has secured a five-year, $10 million contract with the Defense Health Agency to help integrate the Military Health System‘s business and clinical processes. The company said Thursday its team of healthcare experts, analysts and practitioners will collaborate with service branches and federal agencies in efforts to transform military care delivery. “Delivering integrated, affordable, and high quality health services […] More

  • MetLife to Continue Service as VA Dental Insurance Provider
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    MetLife to Continue Service as VA Dental Insurance Provider

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has named MetLife as the official provider of dental insurance products and services for approximately 8.6 million eligible military veterans currently enrolled in the VA healthcare program. VA’s Dental Insurance Program also seeks to provide an opportunity for Civilian Health and Medical Program beneficiaries to acquire voluntary dental insurance, MetLife said Thursday. MetLife served as the initial provider […] More

  • Leidos Team Deploys New DoD EHR Platform at Naval Hospital Bremerton; Jerry Hogge Comments
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    Leidos Team Deploys New DoD EHR Platform at Naval Hospital Bremerton; Jerry Hogge Comments

    The team of Leidos, Cerner and Accenture has installed a new electronic health records platform at Naval Hospital Bremerton in Washington as part of the Defense Department‘s efforts to modernize the Military Health System. Leidos said Monday the deployment of the MHS GENESIS platform in Bremerton is part of the initial operational capability rollout of the EHR system […] More

  • Charles River Analytics to Help Army Develop Game-Based Medical Training Program
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    Charles River Analytics to Help Army Develop Game-Based Medical Training Program

    The U.S. Army has awarded Charles River Analytics a 27-month, $1.1 million contract to develop requirements for a game-based program that would help train medical teams to perform high-intensity trauma treatment methods. Charles River said Monday it will collaborate with Medstar Health Research Institute, HandHeld Speech and John Broach, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical […] More

  • Irving Burton Associates to Support Army Health IT Research Programs
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    Irving Burton Associates to Support Army Health IT Research Programs

    Irving Burton Associates has received a two-year, $11 million contract for research, management and technical services to the U.S. Army‘s Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center. IBA said Thursday it will deploy telehealth and mobile health managers, physicians and medics to support TATRC programs related to telehealth, medical simulation and robotics, unmanned systems, and mobile technology. USAMRMC […] More

  • Salient CRGT Subsidiary to Expand VA Medical Center Voice System Deployment
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    Salient CRGT Subsidiary to Expand VA Medical Center Voice System Deployment

    Salient CRGT‘s Information Innovations Inc. subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $13.6 million task order to implement voice systems at Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare facilities located in North Carolina and Virginia. Triple-i will lead a team of network and telecommunications engineers in efforts to help the Hampton VA Medical Center and its regional facilities operate, […] More

  • DSS to Help VHA Implement Renal Patient Data Mgmt System
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    DSS to Help VHA Implement Renal Patient Data Mgmt System

    Document Storage Systems has received an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract of an undisclosed value to deliver and install a healthcare management system for kidney disease patients at Veterans Health Administration facilities. DSS said Tuesday it will implement the cyberREN Renal Patient Care Management System to support VHA’s nephrology services and integrate the platform with Veterans Information Systems and Technology Architecture. CyberREN was developed by DSS […] More

  • Carahsoft to Offer Agencies Health Research Data via GSA Schedule
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    Carahsoft to Offer Agencies Health Research Data via GSA Schedule

    Carahsoft has agreed to offer MarketResearch.com‘s healthcare industry research data to government clients via the General Services Administration‘s Schedule contract vehicle. MarketResearch.com said Tuesday its Kalorama Information Knowledge Center provides access to market research in the areas of imaging, medical devices, biotechnology, in vitro diagnostics and pharmaceuticals. Carahsoft will offer complimentary demonstrations of Kalorama Information to customer agencies […] More