Health IT alliance to spread stimulus gospel

Allscripts, Microsoft and Cisco are now members of an alliance meeting with doctors on the health IT economic stimulus law provisions.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

States to receive funds for flu response

The president's request for $1.5 billion to deal with the swine flu outbreak includes money to help states respond to the disease, an HHS official said.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

General Dynamics unit gets Medicare contract

General Dynamics IT's VIPS unit wins contract from Medicare and Medicaid services center.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Consultancy helps health care agencies with info needs

Customer Value Partners Inc. wants improve the quality of information health care agencies give to the public.

  • By David Hubler

CGI hires former HHS doc as health care strategist

John Loonsk was part of HHS' Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.

  • By Nick Wakeman

HHS to boost grants for child-support enforcement

The Health and Human Services Department plans to provide $1 billion worth of additional grants to states over a two-year period to support programs that enforce federal child-support mandates.

  • By William Welsh

Obama names national health IT coordinator

Physician David Blumenthal will lead HHS efforts to direct spending of $19.5 billion in economic stimulus funds for health IT to advance implementation of the nationwide health information infrastructure.

  • By Mary Mosquera

Budget gives boost to IT, health care

The Health and Human Services Department would get money to increase techology, research and program integrity under the HHS $76.8 billion request.

  • By Mary Mosquera

Stewart Simonson will lead SRA's government affairs unit

Simonson will be responsible for maintaining effective relationships with the federal government.

  • By David Hubler

Group calls for digital infrastructure stimulus

A $30 billion investment in information technology in a government-led economic stimulus package would create about 949,000 U.S. jobs, according to a new study.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

STG International to assist Head Start programs

STG International Inc. has won several contracts totaling $32 million from the Health and Human Services Department to support Head Start programs around the nation.

  • By William Welsh

Vangent to build HHS health care software

Vangent will provide new patient-information software to the Health and Human Services Department under a new contract.

  • By David Hubler
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