The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded CGI Federal Inc. (CGI), a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc. (NYSE: GIB; TSX: GIB.A), a competitive, five-year task order worth US$55 million under CMS’s Enterprise System Development Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (ID/IQ) contract. Under the contract, CGI will continue software development and operational support services for the Provider Enrollment Chain Ownership System (PECOS) including Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) registration and attestation functionality.
PECOS supports Medicare’s provider and supplier enrollment process by capturing provider/supplier information. The system manages, tracks, and validates enrollment data collected in both paper form and electronically. As an IT cornerstone to CMS’ program integrity efforts, PECOS plays a key role in the agency’s effort to combat fraud. To date, more than 800,000 eligible health professionals have registered as Medicare providers via PECOS. Furthermore, CMS’s HITECH Registration and Attestation process automatically extracts secured provider data from PECOS to help identify eligibility for incentive payments for adopting Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology.
“CMS is on the leading edge of U.S. healthcare information technology initiatives. Their efforts to streamline enrollment practices have increased care options for Medicare’s 47 million beneficiaries,” said George Schindler, President, CGI Federal. “We are pleased to continue to bring our specialized knowledge of provider-facing applications to our long-term partnership with CMS.”
“CMS is driving forward American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) mandates by establishing processes and systems to reward providers’ ‘meaningful use’ of EHR technology,” said Cheryl Campbell, Senior Vice-President, CGI. “With Medicare enrollment at 15 percent of the U.S. population and growing, CMS is revitalizing our nation’s healthcare system to deliver improved healthcare quality and value for many citizens.”
About CGI Federal Inc.
CGI Federal Inc. is a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc., dedicated to partnering with federal agencies to provide solutions for defense and civilian missions. Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc. is one of the largest independent information technology and business process services firms in the world. CGI and its affiliated companies employ approximately 31,000 professionals. CGI provides end-to-end IT and business process services to clients worldwide from offices and centers of excellence in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia Pacific. As at September 30, 2010, CGI's revenue was C$3.7 billion and its order backlog was C$13.3 billion. CGI shares are listed on the NYSE (GIB) and the TSX (GIB.A) and are included in both, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and the FTSE4Good Index. Website: www.cgi.com.
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