Computer Sciences Gets Medicare Pact
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Information technology provider Computer Sciences Corp. on Wednesday said it received a contract worth up to $74.8 million to provide hospital data abstraction and validation services to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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Technology consultant Computer Sciences Corp. on Monday said it received a 10-year, $1.35 billion contract to manage technology services for Ascension Health, one of the nation&#39;s largest nonprofit health systems.
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Companies agree to incorporate software interoperability tools in e-commerce partnership.
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PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. , one  of the biggest Medicare plan providers, said on Wednesday it  has agreed to buy health-care benefits provider American  Medical Security Group Inc. for $502 million to expand its  product offerings to individuals and small businesses.
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Health industry, tech firms, government agencies might collaborate to build a secure database of patient records.
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The computer maker will pay affiliates that help sell downloads.
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Microsoft Corp has signed a new 500m pound ($920m) contract to supply a desktop operating system and software to the UK&#39;s National Health Service, including provisions to develop a tailored interface for clinical systems.
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The U.S. space agency has awarded a contract to Computer Sciences Corp. for engineering services at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.  The National Aeronautics and Space Agency contract carries an estimated value of $44 million, the California company said Thursday in a news release.
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The Food and Drug Administration approved an implantable computer chip that can pass a patient's medical details to doctors, speeding care.
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Medicare is paying for new and expensive treatments and tests conditional on agreement by companies or other groups to pay for studies on whether they actually worked.
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Hopes deal will help US consolidation Australian firm Computershare has purchased Monaghan-based software business Datacare for â¬12m.â¦
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The U.S. government hopes to entice  companies into offering the elderly cost-saving prescription  drug benefits next year while making sure they have access to  most medicines, according to Medicare rules issued on Friday.
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Investigators say computer security flaws could lead to the disclosure of medical information on people enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid.
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Health-care providers and pundits are applauding the medicare deal while trying to figure out who will get what. The deal, announced early yesterday, will see $18 billion over six years flowing to the provinces
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For more than a year, officials who run Social Security and Medicare have struggled to mesh their computer systems.
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The UK&#39;s National Health Service (NHS) has signed a software licensing deal with Microsoft Corp. that the NHS says will provide for the development of a user interface specifically designed for the organization
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Doctors who treat the elderly and disabled will face a 10 percent cut in their reimbursement rates from Medicare next year under a federal rule issued Thursday.