Tag Archives: Health IT

The National Institutes of Health has awarded 16 companies spots on the historically underutilized business zone portion of a potential $20 billion governmentwide acquisition contract vehicle for information technology support services. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says the NIH’s IT acquisition and assessment center made the HUBZone on-ramp awards through the Chief Information …

Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) has received a potential 10-year, $10 billion contract to help the Department of Veterans Affairs deploy the same electronic health record platform the Defense Department currently adopts. Robert Wilkie, acting VA secretary, said in a statement published Thursday that VA already has $782 million in fiscal 2018 funds to …

Alvarez & Marsal Capital has acquired a controlling interest in Rockville, Maryland-based health information technology systems provider CNSI for an undisclosed sum. Jack McCarthy, senior managing director and co-founder of A&M Capital, said in a statement published Wednesday CNSI’s proven results and technical leadership position the company for future growth …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 28, 2017 — Premier (Nasdaq: PINC) seeks to provide health information technology products and services to government agencies via its new position on the General Services Administration‘s IT Schedule 70 contract vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 19. The company said Dec. 18 its inclusion in the procurement vehicle as a federally …

Information technology and security services provider Xator has bought the professional services business of Englewood, Colorado-based cybersecurity company Merlin International for an undisclosed sum. Reston, Virginia-based Xator said in a Dec. 1 news release the acquisition would help expand its presence in the government and critical infrastructure markets. Merlin’s professional …

Rockville, Maryland-based health information technology company CNSI has secured a potential seven-year, $166 million contract from the Labor Department to build and operate a centralized medical bill processing system for DOL’s office of workers’ compensation programs. Work on the contract will cover the receipt and evaluation of medical bills and …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 7, 2017 — A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business unit will continue its support for the Defense Health Agency‘s Military Health System information technology applications under a potential $29.3 million bridge contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defense Department said Friday General Dynamics Information Technology will provide professional program management services and …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 26, 2017 — CNSI will work to engineer and maintain a data processing platform for medical claims under a potential $35 million contract from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 18. The company said Oct. 17 it will provide support for the agency’s next-generation …

Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) has established an advisory group that will offer recommendations as the Kansas City, Missouri-based health information technology provider supports the Department of Veterans Affairs in its Electronic Health Record Modernization initiative. Bob Kerrey, former U.S. senator and Nebraska governor, will lead the company’s VA advisory group, Cerner …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 27, 2017 — Jones Tallent, chief financial officer of Merlin International, has said the company is building on its work in the federal marketplace, particularly in the government healthcare sector, where it provides cybersecurity and information technology products and services. He told ExecutiveBiz in an interview published …