CMS Awards $24 Million For IT Services

Companion Data Services received a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services contract to host the National Level Repository, which will track healthcare providers' meaningful use of technology.

InformationWeek
Jun 7, 2010

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As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to modernize its computer systems in preparation for incentive payments to healthcare providers, the federal agency has selected Companion Data Services to provide data processing and hosting operations for the CMS National Level Repository.

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