Tag Archives: Healthcare Reform

A Mitre-run federally funded research and development center and AcademyHealth have forged a partnership to help the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services address health information technology challenges in the U.S. Mitre said Wednesday AcademyHealth and the CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare FFRDC will study the …

HP Enterprise Services has won a $48 million contract to continue acting as Vermont’s Medicaid fiscal agent and provide services intended to help the state achieve its healthcare reform goals. The company will relocate the state’s current Medicaid Management Information System to a new HP data center and update call-center …

Accenture will help the District of Colombia meet federal health insurance exchange deadlines and requirements, the company announced Thursday. D.C.’s Healthcare Reform Implementation Committee is in charge of planning and system requirements for changing the Medicaid eligibility process, creating new self-service tools and creating a health benefits exchange. The company …

CGI Group Inc. announced today the launch of its CGI Health Insurance Exchange360, a suite of business, technology and consulting services designed to help states establish cost-effective and sustainable Health Insurance Exchanges. The platform comes in time to meet the 2014 deadline set by federal health reform legislation. “CGI Health …

If you thought your largest monthly bill is the check you write to the mortgage company, Deloitte’s latest report might lead you to consult your checkbook. The general rule of thumb for housing costs places rent or mortgage around 30 percent of your monthly income. Car payments, insurance and maintenance …

I have followed state politics since I was a student leader and member of the first graduating class of the LBJ School of Public Affairs in the early 1970s. With all that I have witnessed, I believe we are now facing the most far-reaching set of state elections in our …

General Dynamics Corp. has announced it will hire up to 110 IT professionals after winning a multimillion-dollar contract with Department of Health and Human Services to provide software development and technology support for HHS’ Early Retiree Reinsurance Program. General Dynamics said its IT business unit will receive as much as …

A new Web site launched by the Obama administration compiles a complete ‘menu’ of all available public and private health-insurance plans across the nation. It is the first platform to place all of these plans in a single place, a “one-stop shop for information on the Affordable Care Act and …

Among the many profound changes spelled out in Sunday’s passage of healthcare reform is this: An estimated 16 million more low-income people nationwide will become eligible for Medicaid. The question now is, How can the current system support rising enrollment? States that have already invested in a modern web-based Medicaid …

As healthcare reform continues to dominate the headlines, government contractors will be called upon to implement whatever government initiatives come to pass — that much is clear. The question for contractors now is: What does it take to succeed in this space? We brought that question to 11 industry leaders …

Author, journalist, filmmaker and Senator Jim Webb spoke at a breakfast event for around 175 executive members of the Potomac Officers Club today.  He spoke about his frustration with the White House’s efforts to reform America’s healthcare system, but tempered his criticism with praise for the goals of healthcare reform …