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QSSI Announces Award of National Health Information Network (NHIN) Contract for Electronic Submission of Medical Documentation (esMD)

Columbia, MD —August 10, 2010 – Maryland-based Quality Software Services, Inc (QSSI) was awarded a prime contract by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide an NHIN based mechanism for the Electronic Submission of Medical Documentation (esMD). The contract will adopt a 2-phase approach to exchange electronic medical documentation using the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) CONNECT between Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) Review Contractors and healthcare providers. In Phase One, Medicare Review Contractors will continue to send paper requests to providers and upon request, the participating providers will electronically submit supporting medical documentation via NHIN. In Phase Two, both the request from the Medicare Review Contractors and responses from the providers will be electronic using the NHIN.

" Through the esMD contract, QSSI will help CMS take a significant step towards securely using the NHIN for core business functions in place of traditional paper based methods", said Bikram Bakshi, President and CEO of QSSI

As noted by CMS at http://www.cms.gov/ESMD/02_NHIN_Gateways.asp#TopOfPage, "CMS hired QSSI to be its esMD gateway contractor. CMS requires QSSI to use "CONNECT" software to build the CMS esMD gateway". QSSI will partner with CMS in describing the esMD CDA/messaging formats, finalizing the esMD XDR and ASC X12 EDI NHIN profiles and esMD Implementation Guides, and in providing background information about the underlying standards upon which esMD formats are based. The purpose of the esMD NHIN profile and implementation guides is to communicate the data requirements necessary for Electronic Health Record (EHR) vendors to incorporate into the design and development of their EHR products, and to serve as the roadmap for Health Information Handlers (HIHs) such as Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs), Health Information Exchanges (HIEs), Release of Information (ROI) vendors, and claims clearinghouses, for submitting documentation to Medicare Review Contractors.

About QSSI

Founded in 1997, QSSI is a rapidly growing firm with a broad set of information technology solution offerings. A SEI CMMI® Maturity Level 3 rated firm, QSSI focuses on enterprise software development, security Services and critical IT infrastructure solutions as core competencies. QSSI has successfully performed on over 200 federal contracts in the civilian market and has over 400 IT professionals. For more information about QSSI, please visit www.qssinc.com.

For additional information, please contact:

Bikram Bakshi
President and CEO
301-977-7884, ext 208
bbakshi@qssinc.com