The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has selected Companion Data Services to provide data processing and hosting operations for a National Level Repository system that will track incentive payments to heathcare providers that adopt electronic health records and upgrade their computer systems.
The CMS contract for the data processing and hosting services is for one year, with four one-year renewal options. If all options were exercised, the contract value would be about $24 million.
Companion Data Services (CDS) will host the National Level Repository (NLR) system on a state-of-the-art zLinux platform, which combines significant mainframe processing power with application design flexibility, according to CDS.
The NLR system will reside in the data center at CDS headquarters in Columbia, S.C., and it will be hosted and operated by CDS.
Under a separate contract, CDS also will provide application development consultant services to Northrop Grumman Corp., which was selected recently by CMS to design and develop the NLR system.