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  • NeoSystems Introduces Online Resource Center for CMS IT Services Vehicle Awardees - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NeoSystems Introduces Online Resource Center for CMS IT Services Vehicle Awardees

    NeoSystems has launched a government contractor online resource center for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services‘ potential 10-year, $25 billion Strategic Partner Acquisition Readiness Contract vehicle for information technology services. The company said Thursday its online resource center and lineup of jump-start events will work to prepare SPARC awardees execute and comply with the contract requirements. “Being […] More

  • HHS Invests Funds to Back Cyber Info Sharing Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS Invests Funds to Back Cyber Info Sharing Efforts

    The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $350,000 in cooperative agreements to help private and public healthcare sector partners address cybersecurity threats and develop an information sharing ecosystem. HHS said Tuesday its Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology awarded a competitive agreement to the Ormond Beach, Florida-based National Health Information Sharing and Analysis […] More

  • WidePoint Secures HHS Mobile Device Mgmt Task Order; Steve Komar, Jin Kang Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WidePoint Secures HHS Mobile Device Mgmt Task Order; Steve Komar, Jin Kang Comment

    WidePoint has received an initial three-year, $900,000 task order from the Department of Health and Human Services to provide mobile device management services to HHS’ office of the chief information officer. McLean, Virginia-based WidePoint said Monday the order falls under a HHS blanket purchase agreement through which all component agencies of the department can procure the company’s telecommunications […] More

  • HHS Selects CSRA to Update HR Mgmt System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS Selects CSRA to Update HR Mgmt System

    CSRA has received a potential five-year, $38.9 million contract to help update the Department of Health and Human Services‘ human resources management system. The company said Thursday it will work to upgrade the HHS human resource solutions division’s PeopleSoft Human Capital Management 8.9 suite to the PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 version. CSRA will also design, develop and integrate the suite and related interfaces […] More

  • HHS' Health IT Coordinator Office Selects 7 Awardees to Support Health Info Exchange - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS’ Health IT Coordinator Office Selects 7 Awardees to Support Health Info Exchange

    The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology within the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a total of $1.5 million to seven recipients under two cooperative agreement programs in an effort to bolster flows of health information. HHS said Wednesday the funds will create standards-based systems to facilitate health information exchanges and lessons learned […] More

  • Deloitte Presents to HHS Blockchain Adoption Opportunities to Address Health Info Exchange Concerns - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte Presents to HHS Blockchain Adoption Opportunities to Address Health Info Exchange Concerns

    Deloitte‘s response to the Department of Health and Human Services‘ blockchain ideation challenge focuses on six current “pain points” in the Health Information Exchange and the potential use of blockchain to address them. Deloitte said Thursday HIE users face challenges in the difficulty to establish a trust network, costs per transaction, the lack of a Master Patient Index, inconsistent data standards, […] More

  • HHS to Support Antibiotics Devt Work at Roche, The Medicines Co. Under Strategic Partnerships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS to Support Antibiotics Devt Work at Roche, The Medicines Co. Under Strategic Partnerships

    The Department of Health and Human Services has entered strategic partnerships with a Roche Group subsidiary and The Medicines Co. to develop antibiotics against multi-drug resistant infections. HHS’ office of the assistant secretary for preparedness and response forged the partnerships with the two companies through other transaction authority under the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness […] More

  • HHS Raises Cytori Contract Option Value to Support Thermal Burn Treatment Devt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS Raises Cytori Contract Option Value to Support Thermal Burn Treatment Devt

    The Department of Health and Human Services‘ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority has amended a previously awarded contract option to Cytori Therapeutics to fund continued development and investigation of the company’s burn wound treatment. Cytori said Monday BARDA increased the option’s value by $2.5 million to approximately $16.6 million and supplemental funds from the amended contract will support activities necessary […] More

  • CHSi Awarded HHS Contract to Provide Medical, Staffing Support to Children’s Shelter - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CHSi Awarded HHS Contract to Provide Medical, Staffing Support to Children’s Shelter

    The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Comprehensive Health Services Inc. a contract to provide medical and staffing services to a temporary shelter for unaccompanied children from foreign countries that have entered the U.S. CHSi received the contract from the office of refugee and resettlement under HHS’ division of children’s services, the company said Monday. CHSi said […] More

  • Moderna Therapeutics Receives Potential $125M HHS Contract to Develop Zika Virus Vaccine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Moderna Therapeutics Receives Potential $125M HHS Contract to Develop Zika Virus Vaccine

    Moderna Therapeutics has secured a potential five-year, $125 million contract from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response to produce a vaccine for the Zika virus. HHS said Wednesday ASPR’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority will help Moderna conduct clinical trial, toxicology studies, vaccine formulation and manufacturing through the contract’s four-year […] More

  • Octo Consulting Adopts New Health IT Special Item Number on GSA Schedule; Jay Shah Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Octo Consulting Adopts New Health IT Special Item Number on GSA Schedule; Jay Shah Comments

    The General Services Administration has included its new special item number for health information technology offerings in Octo Consulting Group‘s IT Schedule 70 contract with GSA. GSA implemented the 132-56 SIN to help federal customers access and procure healthcare IT products from commercial providers, Octo Consulting said Sunday. “Octo Consulting Group has always had a strong focus on health IT as demonstrated by our […] More

  • Takeda Subsidiary Lands HHS Contract to Develop, Test Zika Vaccine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Takeda Subsidiary Lands HHS Contract to Develop, Test Zika Vaccine

    A U.S. subsidiary of Takeda Group has received an initial $19.8 million contract from  the Department of Health and Human Services to develop and test a Zika virus vaccine over the next 18 months. HHS’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority will provide funds to help Takeda Vaccines complete process development and preclinical tests of the company’s vaccine candidate against the virus, HHS […] More