SoftDev Awarded $7.7M CMS CDDS Contract

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded SoftDev Incorporated (“SoftDev”) the CROWN Data Discrepancy Support (CDDS) contract. The CDDS contract is sponsored by the Quality Improvement Group’s Division of ESRD, Population and Community Health within the Centers for Clinical Standards and Quality at CMS.

The CDDS contract is a 4-year contract that provides specialized expertise to analyze and resolve data quality issues, generate and distribute data quality reports, and improve the integrity of data from Medicare dialysis facilities to the CMS’ CROWNWeb system. SoftDev will receive and resolve Tier 3 help desk tickets on data discrepancies and perform data quality activities on End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Medicare beneficiary data. SoftDev will prepare and maintain technical user support documentation related to data discrepancy prevention and resolutions in the form of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), manuals, and FAQs.

SoftDev held the previous CDDS contract from October 2010 through October 2013.

About SoftDev:

SoftDev is a CMMI Maturity Level 3 rated organization and a HUBZone-certified, economically disadvantaged woman-owned (EDWOSB) small business. Founded in 1999, SoftDev provides project/program management, software development and testing, and data management solutions to public and private sector customers. SoftDev is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

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SoftDev Awarded Dept of Education, Federal Student Aid Subcontract

SoftDev Incorporated was awarded a subcontract with General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) in support of the U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid (FSA), for the Front End Business Integration (FEBI) Operations contract. The FEBI contractor provides complete end-to-end services to support the $110 billion per year Federal Student Aid programs, including application software development, database management, fulfillment, and customer support. SoftDev performs Business Analyst tasks to develop computer systems specifications that address business requirements that fit with the customer’s system architecture standards.

About SoftDev:

SoftDev is a CMMI Maturity Level 3 rated organization and a HUBZone-certified, economically disadvantaged woman-owned (EDWOSB) small business. Founded in 1999, SoftDev provides project/program management, software development and testing, data management, help desk, quality assurance, and training solutions to public and private sector customers. SoftDev is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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SoftDev is Subcontractor on HHS CMS Award of MIDS

SoftDev is Subcontractor on HHS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Award of Measure and Instrument Development and Support (MIDS) IDIQ.

The Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded Measure and Instrument Development and Support (MIDS) IDIQ contract awards to several companies. The MIDS program will promote the quality of healthcare by emphasizing major strategies for evaluating and improving care. Under multiple task orders, the contractors will assist CMS in developing, testing, refining, revising, maintaining, implementing, and publicly reporting quality healthcare-specific measures.

SoftDev is pleased to be able to apply our expertise in measurement management, meaningful use, informatics reporting, and integration with Electronic Health Records in support of the MIDS contract and mission of CMS and the Affordable Care Act of improving the quality of care for all Americans.

The development and use of clinical quality measures remains a critical healthcare priority and the tool of choice for improving quality of care at the national, community and facility levels. The MIDS contract provides a vehicle to objectively evaluate and promote quality of care within the Federal quality reporting programs by aligning with the Measures Management Blueprint—a comprehensive and structured process for developing and maintaining evidence-based clinical quality measures (CQMs), including electronic CQMs, based on Electronic Health Records.

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SoftDev Expands on CMS QIO 10th SOW Contract Activities

SoftDev subcontracts to VHQC for work performed on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 10th Statement of Work (SOW) Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) contract for the State of Virginia.

On October 15, 2013, VHQC expanded SoftDev’s subcontract to include monitoring and analyzing trends of nursing home measures and progress for Virginia providers.

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