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The Defense Department plans to increase the ceiling amount of a potential 10-year, $4.3 billion contract to update and deploy a new electronic health records platform by approximately $1.1 billion, Nextgov reported Tuesday. An industry team composed of Leidos, Cerner and Accenture won the MHS Genesis EHR contract in July 2015. Stacy Cummings, program executive officer […] More
Optum’s federal government health services business has renewed two of its federal health contracts with a total value of $58.7 million to extend its services to 9/11 first responders and the military. The health services provider said Tuesday OptumServe’s Logistics Health subsidiary will participate in the World Trade Center Health Program for another two […] More
Maximus has landed a potential seven-year, $11.7 million contract from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to educate eligible Medicaid beneficiaries about health coverage options. The company said Tuesday it will serve as the state’s Medicaid enrollment broker and provide call center services to counsel and help members enroll with health maintenance organizations. “We look forward to assisting the […] More
The Department of Veterans Affairs has extended a partnership with IBM to identify treatment options for military veterans with cancer through the use of artificial intelligence technology. IBM said Thursday VA oncologists have used the company’s Watson for Genomics system to support precision oncology care programs under a public-private initiative formed in 2016. “It is incredibly challenging to read, understand and […] More
Leidos has landed the ninth spot on Healthcare Informatics magazine’s list of the top 100 U.S. companies that have recorded the highest sales from healthcare information technology products and services in the previous year. The company said Monday it has ranked among the top 10 vendors on the annual Healthcare Informatics 100 list for the second consecutive […] More
Ginkgo Bioworks has secured a position on a potential 10-year Defense Department omnibus contract worth up to $8.3 billion for chemical and biosecurity projects. The company said Wednesday it will develop and deploy biosecurity tools as the only synthetic biology firm on the Joint Enterprise Research, Development, Acquisition and Production/Procurement indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Gingko’s biosecurity tools […] More
Booz Allen Hamilton has developed a platform to help the Food and Drug Administration‘s Office of Translational Sciences explore healthcare blockchain technology, GCN reported Friday. The platform is built on the InterPlanetary File System for encryption and reduced data duplication purposes, and uses Ethereum for data access management on private networks, the report said. Lauren Neal, a […] More
Cambridge International Systems has begun offering information technology services to support the Navy and Joint Military Medical Community of Interest by modernizing healthcare for U.S. warfighters and their families. The Arlington, Va.-based firm said Tuesday it’s helping the Navy and Joint Medicine MEDCOI adopt new technologies such as information exchange and big data, Internet-of-Things capabilities and virtual […] More
The Defense Health Agency seeks information on the availability of tools, services and marketplace data for an upcoming project to centralize the Military Health System‘s care delivery approach. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says the DHA is exploring virtual video, image sharing, warfighter support, specialty care, integration and training service offerings that can help transform the MHS Virtual Health Program. The 2017 […] More
HMS Technologies‘ 1Vision subsidiary and AMC Health have received authority to operate certification and a contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide telehealth services to former military personnel and their family members. The team also won a spot on a potential $258.7 million contract to help the VA deploy platforms built to comply with data […] More
Serco Inc., the British contractor’s North American arm, has received a potential $11.7 million contract to support the U.S. Air Force‘s medical coding compliance efforts. The company said Tuesday it will examine the Air Force Medical Service documentation and help AFMS ensure codes that the branch’s treatment facilities enter into the Military Health System comply with policies, […] More
The Defense Health Agency has begun to request information on the availability of an enterprise reference and metadata management platform that will work to integrate business and health data amid the anticipated rise in clinical data driven by the adoption of a new electronic health record system. A FedBizOpps notice posted April 17 says DHA […] More
