Government Works,
Inc. (GWI) Receives Technical Services Blanket Purchase
Agreement from the Department of Commerce
July 2009
The U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded GWI a Technical
Services Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). Under terms
of the agreement, GWI will supply a range of technology
services designed to support various administrative,
technical and professional initiatives within the organization,
its bureaus and agencies. Key goals will be to 1) improve
the process for securing technical assistance, 2) simplify
the acquisition process for the requiring office and
3) reduce duplication of efforts associated with procuring
technical assistance. The BPA is for one base year and
four optional years, with a total ceiling of $5.5 million.
According to Krishna
Ika, president of GWI, “GWI is uniquely qualified
and positioned to support the Department of Commerce
because of our in-depth, specialized experience in various
U.S. federal agencies and our sole focus on bringing
the best technology to the table to optimize personnel
services, including general administration support services,
acquisition support services, program management services
and information technology support. We consistently
deliver the prioritized results that our federal customers
desire, helping them achieve higher quality, lower their
total costs and improve security, efficiency and mission
effectiveness.”
Press Release
HealthNow New
York Inc. and Government Works Inc. Sign Agreement for
CMS Gateway
May 2009
SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. —
HealthNow New York Inc., which does business as BlueCross
BlueShield of Western New York and BlueShield of Northeastern
New York, has entered into an agreement with Government
Works Inc. (GWI) to implement CMS Gateway, a Web-based
solution that automates the complexity of health plan
data exchanges with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), including Medicare membership enrollment
and membership and payment reconciliation.
GWI is a leading federal government contractor offering
a broad array of technical products and services, with
Medicare, Medicaid and military healthcare solutions
a primary area of focus. Through a contract with CMS,
GWI hosts a copy of the Medicare Beneficiary Data (MBD)
extract file from CMS’ MARx database. Streamlined
access to this information allows CMS Gateway to perform
Instant Eligibility Queries, speeding the path to critical
answers and eliminating the need for batch processing.
In addition, information is fully integrated with and
auto-populates enrollment screens, dramatically increasing
efficiency.
A hosted solution, CMS Gateway can be quickly deployed
to help plans:
-
Easily accommodate rapid Medicare
membership growth without building large infrastructures
-
Minimize the need to commit highly
skilled personnel to comply with CMS data submission
requirements
-
Enhance cash flow and capture
lost revenue through more accurate and timely enrollment
processing and reconciliation
-
Maintain full control of every
process and make more informed business decisions
— even through crunch enrollment periods
-
Stay ahead of enrollment trends
affecting administrative, financial and sales arenas
through comprehensive data warehousing and reporting
HealthNow New York Inc.
is one of New York State’s leading healthcare
companies, providing quality healthcare and innovative
solutions for more than 836,000 members. Headquartered
in Buffalo, New York, HealthNow does business as BlueCross
BlueShield of Western New York, BlueShield of Northeastern
New York, HealthNow New York and Brokerage Concepts
Inc. (BCI). In 2008, company revenues grew to nearly
$2.27 billion. For more information please visit www.healthnowny.com.
About Government Works, Inc.
Government Works, Inc. (GWI), based in Southborough,
Massachusetts, is a provider of IT software solutions
and consulting services and a leader in Web-based healthcare
management. GWI has been providing products and services
to various departments in the federal government, and
the various private sector companies and health plans
with healthcare solutions offerings, program and project
management, and technical services that encompass engineering,
support and management.
Government
Works Becomes AHIP Premier Supporting Organization
Southborough, Mass., November 13, 2008
Government Works, Inc. (GWI), is pleased to announce
that it has joined America’s Health Insurance
Plans (AHIP) as the organization’s newest Premier
Supporting Organization. America’s Health Insurance
Plans (AHIP) is the national association representing
nearly 1,300 member companies providing health insurance
coverage to more than 200 million Americans.
We are proud to support the work of AHIP by participating
in this networking and educational program,” said
Krishna Ika, GWI’s president. “Being an
AHIP Premier Supporting Organization will open new doors
for GWI’s innovative line of products for Medicare
Advantage plans, which significantly reduce the costs
and time involved in enrolling members or changing status,
at the same time they improve accuracy. As a result,
plans can grow without adding new personnel, enhance
their cash flow, improve staff and member satisfaction,
and uncover the trends that will lead to better business
decisions.”
GWI is a leading federal government contractor offering
a broad array of technical products and services, with
Medicare, Medicaid and military healthcare solutions
a primary area of focus. Through a contract with the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS),
the company hosts a copy of the Medicare Beneficiary
Data (MBD) extract file from CMS' MARx database. This
contract has allowed GWI to create CMS Gateway, a hosted,
Web-based solution that delivers an unprecedented level
of automation to Medicare Advantage plans for eligibility
verification, enrollment processing and membership reconciliation.
"Our mission with CMS Gateway is to save health
plans time and money by greatly simplifying the very
complex Medicare enrollment process. Our products deliver
capabilities such as real-time eligibility verification,
online enrollment, membership and payment reconciliation,
and risk adjustment at typically 25 to 50 percent lower
cost than similar products in the market, and at five
times the speed of working directly with CMS,”
Ika explained.
UPMC Health
Plan of Pittsburgh Goes Live with CMS Gateway
June 2008
SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. — UPMC Health Plan, the second-largest
health insurer in Western Pennsylvania, has implemented
CMS Gateway from Government Works Inc. (GWI), a leading
federal government contractor offering a broad array
of technical products and services, with Medicare, Medicaid
and military healthcare solutions a primary area of
focus.
CMS Gateway is a Web-based solution that automates the
complexity of health plan data exchanges with the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), including
Medicare membership enrollment and membership and payment
reconciliation. Using CMS Gateway, UPMC was able to
expand its Medicare membership from 33,000 to 80,000
in 18 months without adding staff. The organization
also achieved a four-fold increase in enrollment efficiency
while improving accuracy.
Through a contract with CMS, GWI hosts a copy of the
Medicare Beneficiary Data (MBD) extract file from CMS’
MARx database. Streamlined access to this information
allows CMS Gateway to perform Instant Eligibility Queries,
speeding the path to critical answers and eliminating
the need for batch processing. In addition, information
is fully integrated with and auto-populates enrollment
screens, dramatically increasing efficiency.
A hosted solution, CMS Gateway can be quickly deployed
to help plans:
-
Easily accommodate rapid Medicare
membership growth without building large infrastructures
-
Minimize the need to commit highly
skilled personnel to comply with CMS data submission
requirements
-
Enhance cash flow and capture
lost revenue through more accurate and timely enrollment
processing and reconciliation
-
Maintain full control of every
process and make more informed business decisions
— even through crunch enrollment periods
-
Stay ahead of enrollment trends
affecting administrative, financial and sales arenas
through comprehensive data warehousing and reporting
UPMC Health Plan is
owned by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
(UPMC), one of the nation's top-ranked health systems.
The integrated partner companies of the UPMC Insurance
Services Division — which includes UPMC Health
Plan, UPMC Work Partners, EAP Solutions, UPMC for You
(Medical Assistance), and Community Care Behavioral
Health — offer a full range of group health insurance,
Medicare, CHIP, Medical Assistance, behavioral health,
employee assistance, and workers' compensation products
and services to nearly 1.2 million members. Our local
provider network includes UPMC as well as community
providers, totaling more than 80 hospitals and more
than 7,600 physicians in a 29-county region. For more
information, visit www.upmchealthplan.com.
About Government Works, Inc.
Government Works, Inc. (GWI), based in Southborough,
Massachusetts, is a provider of IT software solutions
and consulting services and a leader in Web-based healthcare
management. GWI has been providing products and services
to various departments in the federal government, and
the various private sector companies and health plans
with healthcare solutions offerings, program and project
management, and technical services that encompass engineering,
support and management.
Government Works
Inc. (GWI) Signs Contract with Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services
June 01, 2007
Government Works Inc. (GWI) Signs Contract with Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services to Provide Eligibility,
Entitlement and Enrollment Information to Medicare and
Prescription Drug-Related Plans.
SOUTHBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS - Government Works, Inc.
(GWI), has entered into an agreement with the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency
of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
to provide eligibility, entitlement and enrollment information
to Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, Medicare Advantage
Prescription Drug (MAPD) plans and Prescription Drug
Plans (PDP).
The contract with CMS
allows GWI to provide over 40 million Medicare members
eligible for or enrolled in such plans with Web-based,
real-time access to their data. Seven hundred CMS contracting
health plans and PDPs can potentially benefit from GWI’s
state-of-the-art solution, which delivers faster access
to data and supports eligibility, entitlement and enrollment
of Medicare members by submitting Medicare enrollment
data records to CMS data centers and enrolling eligible
members in all 50 states.
According to Krishna
Ika, GWI Senior Vice President, Healthcare Sales, “Adding
value is what it is all about when using IT in CRM,
billing, risk adjustment, health risk assessment and
disease management. Our solutions enable plans to increase
sales and enhance their revenue cycles on one hand while
better managing their members’ health, improving
the overall quality of care and reducing costs on the
other. This creates a win-win-win situation for Medicare
members, health plans and CMS, which funds it all.”
About Government Works, Inc. (GWI)
Government Works, Inc. (GWI), based in Southborough,
Massachusetts, is a provider of IT software solutions
and consulting services and a leader in Web-based healthcare
management. GWI has been providing products and services
to various departments in the federal government, and
the various private sector companies and health plans
with healthcare solutions offerings, program and project
management, and technical services that encompass engineering,
support and management.
Contact:
Tel: 774-760-1941
Email: CMS
Gateway
January 2007:
Government Works Inc.
is engaged with EDS in the innovative Defense Support
Office (DSO) program that includes the DSO Call Center.
This maintains and updates the Defense Enrollment Eligibility
System (DEERS), the single, central, Department of Defense
(DoD) enterprise-wide person repository to protect personal
identities as well as provide strong authentication
for access to government assets.
This program will replace/assist
the legacy Real-Time Automated Personnel Identification
System and the existing Common Access Card System, all
using the same data base of multi-million people regarding
the current and past relationships with the DoD. The
projects in this DSO program are expected to assist
the Enterprise Beneficiary Portal, currently under development,
in dealing with all questions regarding DoD benefits
for service members and others. The DSO program and
its various projects will also reflect policy changes,
new legislation and changes in DoD benefit eligibility
requirements as these unfold in the future.
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