Armed with recent perspective gained leading initiatives such as the VA Pain Measure set and supported the writing of the VA Pain Management and Opioid Safety Directive, this leader takes on a new challenge. Tara McMullen is now listed as CMS CCSQ Deputy Director for the Quality Measurement Division. See Tara’s profile here.
Included here is another protest denial decision from GAO for the $1B ACME BPA in which the challenger argued that the agency failed to conduct a reasonable best-value tradeoff.
The lone known active GAO protest filed in relation to this Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requirement has been dismissed.
BAO argues that the agency unreasonably determined it was ineligible for award. BAO also challenges the agency’s evaluation of quotations and best-value determination. We deny in part, and dismiss in part, the protest.
This strong information technology professional skilled in IT Strategy, Project Portfolio Management, Software Documentation, Business Intelligence, and Business Process Improvement, takes on a new role. Anil Chillakuru is now listed as Acting Director of Applications Management Group at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. See the profile here.
Why GAO Did This Study In 2023, the Medicare program spent an estimated $1.0 trillion to provide health care services for approximately 66 million elderly and disabled individuals. This involved processing over a billion transactions. Medicaid is a joint federal-state program that finances health care for low-income and medically needy individuals. It is the second…
This 8(a) small business minority-owned research services firm, working at the forefront of health care research and policy, was awarded a new three-year contract in support of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
When a firm is deeply embedded within a specific agency, and when they quietly record win after win in support of that agency, it is worth taking note. Here, we speak with Susan Reisdorf, Senior Program Director at Nimbus Consulting to learn more about this team’s success within CMS, why the agency’s unique construct takes…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Information Technology IT Capital Planning. Group (ICPG) DIBO recently tapped Phuc Nguyen to fill a vacant spot as a Deputy Director.
Armed with perspective gained over more than a decade in support of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, including most recently as CMS Data Analysis and Systems Group Director, this leader takes on a new role. Raymond Wedgeworth is now listed as Specialist Leader with Deloitte. See Raymond’s profile here.