Healthcare: Related News
- ConvaTec Selects EDS, an HP Company, To Manage IT Environment (16 Oct 2008)
- PLANO, Texas – EDS, an HP company, and global medical device company ConvaTec today announced they have signed a $95 million information technology (IT) services agreement.
- E-Prescribing Safeguards Patients (13 Oct 2008)
- Recognizing the need to reduce medical errors and minimize the risk of hazardous drug reactions, EDS and the State of Delaware's Health and Social Services/Division of Medicaid & Medical Assistance (DMMA) are nearing completion of the country's first interactive statewide Medicaid e-prescribing network.
- EDS Subsidiary Awarded $148 Million CMS Contract for Medicare Administrative Services to Northwest (02 Jul 2008)
- HERNDON, Va. – EDS today announced that the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded its subsidiary, NHIC, Corp., a $148 million contract to administer Part A and Part B Medicare claims payments to health care providers in four northwestern states.
- Examining the Possibilities of a 360-Degree Healthcare Continuum (26 May 2008)
- Healthcare reform has been on the American agenda for decades. It's clear the U.S. healthcare system needs systemic changes to improve care and control costs. EDS examines how government agencies can address the issues and opportunities facing consumers, providers and payers, as viewed through the lens of The 360-Degree Healthcare Continuum.
- EDS Returns to Georgia with $391 Million Medicaid Win (29 Apr 2008)
- ATLANTA – EDS, the recognized leader in providing health care support to state governments, has been awarded a seven-year, $391 million contract by the state of Georgia to design, develop and implement a new-generation Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS).
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Renews EDS Information Technology Services Contract (27 Mar 2008)
- PLANO, Texas and PHOENIX – EDS and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ) today announced the two companies have renewed their 20-year relationship.
- EDS Best Shore Strategy: Offshore IT Outsourcing Solutions (06 Feb 2008)
- EDS runs its offshore IT outsourcing services on a network that is entirely owned by the company and carries only EDS clients’ data. EDS’ Best Shore solution is a key component of the company’s unique Global Delivery Model providing offshore IT outsourcing vendor services that match a client’s specific needs.
- EDS Awarded $33 Million Task Order Modification Under CMS Enterprise Data Center Contract (19 Dec 2007)
- HERNDON, Virginia – EDS, the largest provider of Medicare fee-for-service data center operations, has been awarded additional claims processing workloads under a task order for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Enterprise Data Center (EDC) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract. The additional claims processing work is worth up to $33 million if all options are exercised and will continue through 2012.
- EDS Awarded $715 Million Contract for Bristol-Myers Squibb Information Services (10 Dec 2007)
- PLANO, Texas – EDS today announced a seven-year, $715 million information technology (IT) services contract that calls for EDS to deliver IT infrastructure services to Bristol-Myers Squibb.
- Information Security: Striking a Balance Between Risk and Reason (31 Oct 2007)
- Ron Rittenmeyer, EDS' president and chief executive officer, recently spoke at the Southern Methodist University's Management Briefing Series about the importance of information security and protecting sensitive data. He believes security should be a business-oriented approach with a broad reach into every aspect of corporate or government operations and planning.
- EDS Launches Global Testing Services (15 Oct 2007)
- The new applications testing and validation service gives EDS the ability to test and validate critical business applications and software products that help organizations reduce the risk to their business from system outages caused by application failures.
- Ohio Awards EDS $100 Million Medicaid Contract (06 Aug 2007)
- COLUMBUS, Ohio – EDS has signed a $100.8 million, 73-month contract with the state of Ohio to design, develop and implement a new-generation Medicaid Information Technology System (MITS).
- Rhode Island Awards EDS Contract to Create First Statewide Electronic Health Network (30 Jul 2007)
- PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island – The Rhode Island Department of Health has awarded EDS, the state’s longtime Medicaid fiscal agent, a three-year contract to design, implement and manage the nation’s first statewide network for electronic health records.
- EDSers Support Susan G. Komen for the Cure at North Texas, National Races (30 Jul 2007)
- The Susan G. Komen North Texas Race for the Cure has broken another record after thousands of walkers and runners converged on EDS’ global headquarters in Plano, Texas.
- EDS Celebrates 45 Years of Growth, Innovation (27 Jun 2007)
- In the 1960s, COBOL computer language was nascent, magnetic tapes and punch cards were mainstream technology, and it took 12 flat bed trucks to carry a computer with only 64 kilobytes of memory.
- EDS Awarded $92 Million Task Order for CMS Enterprise Data Center Contract (21 Feb 2007)
- HERNDON, Va., – EDS, the largest provider of Medicare fee-for-service data center operations, has been awarded the third task order under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Enterprise Data Center Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract vehicle. The task order contains a one-year base period with five additional one-year options with a potential value of $92 million if all of the options are exercised.
- EDS To Establish National Center of Excellence for Electronic Health Records in Rhode Island (22 Jan 2007)
- PROVIDENCE, R.I. – EDS today announced it has chosen Rhode Island as the site for its National Center of Excellence for the development and enhancement of systems to support electronic health records across the country.
- EDS Awarded $91.7 Million Kansas Medicaid Extension to Provide Fiscal Agent Services into 2011 (18 Jan 2007)
- HERNDON, Va. – EDS, the recognized national leader in providing Medicaid services to states, has been awarded a $91.7 million contract extension to continue providing fiscal agent services to the state of Kansas. The contract was awarded to EDS at the end of the fourth quarter of 2006.