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CMS Wants to Pool IT Resources Into Virtual Data Center
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is seeking help in building a virtual data center that can pool IT resources from around the country.
CMS wants to establish a group of geographically dispersed, world-class data centers owned and operated by a broad pool of industry partners but under the control of a single procurement vehicle, CMS officials said in a request for proposals issued Dec. 2, seeking contractors who can meet the agency’s requirements. CMS is soliciting proposals to establish multiple-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity task-order contracts.
CMS officials want to integrate contractor-owned data centers in a way that “allows them to function as a unified set of resources that collectively will be referred to as the Virtual Data Center,” according to the solicitation.
Read more at: http://gcn.com/articles/2011/12/05/cms-virtual-data-center.aspx
Source: Government Computer News; CMS
Varied Access: The Pharmacogenetic Testing Coverage Divide
February 18th 2025On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with the author of a study published in the February 2025 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® to uncover significant differences in coverage decisions for pharmacogenetic tests across major US health insurers.
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