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  • HHS, Industry Aim to Help Health Organizations Mitigate Cyber Threats With New Publication - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS, Industry Aim to Help Health Organizations Mitigate Cyber Threats With New Publication

    The Department of Health and Human Services has released a four-volume document that outlines 10 industry practices that health care organizations can implement to counter cyber threats. HHS said Friday it collaborated with industry stakeholders through a public-private partnership to come up with the publication “Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices: Managing Threats and Protecting Patients.” The primary […] More

  • George Korch to Lead Battelle-Operated Nat'l Biodefense Analysis & Countermeasures Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    George Korch to Lead Battelle-Operated Nat’l Biodefense Analysis & Countermeasures Center

    George Korch, former commander at the U.S. Army‘s Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, has joined Battelle as lab director for the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center. Battelle said Tuesday Korch succeeds Patrick Fitch, who will transition to a new role as associate lab director for chemical, earth and life sciences at the Triad National Security-managed Los […] More

  • HHS Unveils Three Winners of Health Care Data Software Development Challenge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS Unveils Three Winners of Health Care Data Software Development Challenge

    The Department of Health and Human Services has chosen three winning submissions to a prize competition that sought applications designed to utilize Certified Health IT Product List application programming interfaces or XML files. CHPL Data Challenge winners demonstrated how industry could use and apply CHPL data about health information technology systems and approved health IT platforms, HHS said […] More

  • CollabraLink Awarded HHS Financial Mgmt Automation Support Contract; Rahul Pandhi Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CollabraLink Awarded HHS Financial Mgmt Automation Support Contract; Rahul Pandhi Quoted

    CollabraLink Technologies will help the Department of Health and Human Services automate financial management operations under a multiyear contract. The company said Wednesday it will leverage its agile software development and human-centered design capabilities to help the HHS program service center’s business office streamline its budgetary activities. “This is a critical program for PBO as they look to promote […] More

  • HHS Selects Winners of Health IT Issue Reporting Challenge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS Selects Winners of Health IT Issue Reporting Challenge

    The Department of Health and Human Services has named the winners of its challenge focused on software that can help clinicians address issues in health information technology and electronic health records. The Easy EHR Issue Reporting Challenge tasked teams to develop tools that aid EHR users in identifying, documenting and reporting potential safety issues in […] More

  • General Dynamics to Help CMS Develop Care Quality Measures; Kamal Narang Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Help CMS Develop Care Quality Measures; Kamal Narang Quoted

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business can vie for task orders to help the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services manage quality of the federal health care system under a potential 10-year, $1.6B contract awarded in August. The company said Friday it will continue to support CMS in the next decade as the agency looks to develop and implement health care […] More

  • HHS Picks Emerging Sun-Led Team to Support Indian Health Service IT Research Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS Picks Emerging Sun-Led Team to Support Indian Health Service IT Research Project

    The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Emerging Sun a contract of an undisclosed value to conduct a research project with the goal of modernizing the Indian Health Service’s information technology systems. HHS said Wednesday Pistis and the Regenstrief Institute will support the multistage effort over the next year as subcontractors to Emerging Sun. The team will work to […] More

  • Health IT Vet Melissa Chapman Named President of 9th Way Solutions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Health IT Vet Melissa Chapman Named President of 9th Way Solutions

    Melissa Chapman, a former vice president of the civilian and homeland security solutions division at General Dynamics‘ information technology segment, has been appointed  president of service-disabled veteran-owned company 9th Way Solutions. 9th Way said Monday Chapman will be responsible for health IT, enterprise services, cyber and information security, systems and program management and data analytics service areas in […] More

  • Genentech, HHS Form Drug Development Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Genentech, HHS Form Drug Development Partnership

    The Department of Health and Human Services has partnered with Genentech to develop medicines that can help address national health security requirements under an “other transaction” agreement. HHS’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority and the biotechnology firm agreed to share costs of developing a drug portfolio for potential commercialization in compliance with the Pandemic and All […] More

  • Northrop Vet Mark Koltz Appointed Tantus Health Solutions VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Vet Mark Koltz Appointed Tantus Health Solutions VP

    Mark Koltz, former manager of operations and strategy for Northrop Grumman’s health systems management organization, has joined Tantus Technologies as vice president of health solutions. He will be responsible for helping drive Tantus’ growth efforts in the federal healthcare market and oversee its projects at the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health, the company said Thursday. Buck […] More

  • Lauri Spencer Joins Analytica's Federal Health Mgmt Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lauri Spencer Joins Analytica’s Federal Health Mgmt Team

    Lauri Spencer, a two-decade health care information technology veteran, has joined Analytica as director of health programs at the Washington, D.C.-based consulting and IT services provider. She will support the company’s federal health division that offers project support services to customers such as the Department of Health and Human Services and the Defense Health Agency, Analytica said Thursday. […] More