June 21, 2010 -With the addition of its newest offices in Hyderabad, India, Quality Software Services Inc. (QSSI), headquartered in Columbia, MD and with locations in Baltimore, MD, Herndon, VA, Columbia, SC, and Atlanta, GA, is making another important strategic move.

May 18, 2010 - The South Carolina Department of Commerce and the Central SC Alliance today announced that Quality Software Services Inc. (QSSI) will locate its new facility in Richland County. The $480,000 investment is expected to generate 70 new jobs.

April 30, 2010 - Maryland-based Quality Software Services, Inc (QSSI) was awarded a prime contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to perform independent validation and performance testing of the HITECH National Level Repository (NLR). The goal of the NLR is to collect information on all eligible providers and hospitals, process and deliver incentive payments, to prevent duplicate payments, and coordinate technical assistance and reporting. QSSI personnel manage and perform functional acceptance testing, performance and stress testing, end-to-end testing with other systems and contractors, as well as regression testing.

March 1-4, 2010 - Maryland-based Quality Software Services, Inc (QSSI) participated in this year’s Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) in Atlanta, GA.

February 10, 2010 - Quality Software Services, Inc (QSSI) moved its corporate headquarters to a fantastic new site in Columbia, Maryland. The goal of the move was for QSSI to create a large “central hub” for employees and increase staff collaboration. The over 20,000 square foot facility is beautifully designed and truly reflects the position of QSSI as a rapidly growing company.

January 4, 2010 - Maryland-based Quality Software Services, Inc (QSSI) was awarded a prime contract with the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to develop a cost effective web-based service to support the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program.

October 30, 2009 - QSSI is pleased to announce it has formally established a Health IT Council to serve as a guiding body for QSSI’s extensive healthcare business and its anticipated future growth. The council members are all practicing physicians who bring significant experience in Health IT (HIT) Politics, Health Information Exchange (HIE) management, Hospital Administration, as well as Emergency Medicine and Independent Providers.

October 25, 2009 - Maryland-based Quality Software Services, Inc (QSSI) was recently awarded a prime contract with the Housing and Urban Development (HUD)  to provide technical support services for the Public and Indian Housing, Real Estate Assessment Center (PIH-REAC) Physical Assessment Subsystem (PASS) effort.  QSSI will be responsible for providing system development, maintenance, operations and technical support services for the existing PASS system in ColdFusion and SQL, as well as the development of the new system using Java and Oracle.

September 30, 2009 - Maryland-based Quality Software Services, Inc (QSSI) was recently award a prime contract for the Single Testing Contract (STC) with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to provide independent testing services under the CMS Enterprise Services Delivery (ESD) model. The CMS ESD model separates the development, maintenance, and testing of major applications into three independent contracts. Award of the STC contract to QSSI marks the largest single award for testing under the ESD model.

September 15, 2009 - Maryland-based Quality Software Services, Inc (QSSI) was recently awarded a prime contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide technical help desk services for the Customer Support for Medicare Modernization (CSMM) effort.  QSSI will be responsible for providing customer support to business partners and external entities across the country that have a contractual relationship with CMS to exchange data/access Medicare Part C/D information systems.

June 17, 2009 - QSSI is pleased to announce that Mr. Seth Edlavitch was selected to participate in the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology’s (CCHIT®) Personal Health Records Work Group for the upcoming certification development cycle. Mr. Edlavitch will join other industry leaders as a volunteer to support the CCHIT® mission to “accelerate the adoption of robust, interoperable health information technology by creating a credible, efficient certification process”. Mr. Edlavitch leads the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Personal Health Record, South Carolina (MyPHRSC) project as QSSI’s Project Director.

January 05, 2009 - QSSI is pleased to announce that it has provided key support to the IAC in briefing the Obama Transition Team on important IT issues such as Identity and Access Management. On December 12, the IAC Transition Study Group (TSG) met with a cross-section of the members in President-Elect Obama’s Transition team. The transition team is beginning the outreach process to key IT groups. In recognition of the value provided by IAC, IAC was the first IT organization with which they met.

October 15, 2008 - Maryland-based Quality Software Services, Inc (QSSI) was recently award a prime contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to provide independent testing services for the Medicare Beneficiary Database Suite of Services (MBDSS) under the CMS Enterprise Services Delivery (ESD) model. The CMS ESD model separates the development, maintenance, and testing of major applications into three independent contracts. MBDSS is the first major application to be awarded under this ESD model.

October 8, 2008 - QSSI is pleased to announce that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is expanding the South Carolina Personal Health Record pilot (MyPHRSC) to include TRICARE health data (CMS Press Release). TRICARE is the Department of Defense’s  (DoD) worldwide health care program for uniformed service members and their families.   

August 1, 2008 – QSSI is pleased to announce that it has been successfully appraised as a CMMI® Maturity Level 3 organization effective August 1, 2008. A CMMI-DEV SCAMPI Class-A appraisal was performed by a team of independent SEI-trained and authorized CMMI® appraisers led by a SCAMPI Lead Appraiser. The appraisal team concluded that QSSI has implemented a disciplined process to manage, monitor and control its IT projects.

April 16 , 2008 – QSSI is pleased to announce the launch of a Personal Health Record (PHR) pilot project for Medicare beneficiaries in South Carolina. Called My Personal Health Record, South Carolina (MyPHRSC) the project gives people with Medicare access to an electronic Personal Health Record containing the last 2 years of their Medicare claims data.

February 19, 2008 – QSSI is pleased to announce that it has been approved by the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide System Integration Services on HSPD-12 programs to government customers.

September 27, 2007 – QSSI has been awarded a prime contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide beneficiary Eligibility Verification services to support the Medicare Part-D Prescription Drug Point-of-Sale Facilitated Enrollment (POS FE) program for low-income beneficiaries. .

September 19, 2007 – The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has selected QSSI as the prime contractor for a Pilot project to develop a Personal Health Record for Medicare Fee-For-Service Beneficiaries in the State of South Carolina.

September 19, 2007 – The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded QSSI a $3M contract to support the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP).

August 24, 2007 - Visit the Quality Software Services, Inc. (QSSI) booth (#503) at the 2007 Biometrics Technology Expo, September 11-13, in Baltimore to immediately receive a fully compliant FIPS 201 card, which can be used with PACS systems and for desktop and application sign‑on.

March 26, 2007 - QSSI is pleased to introduce Lynwood Owens as Vice President of Business Development at QSSI.

February 22, 2007 - The Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded QSSI a 3 year prime contract for phase 3 of the Federal Housing Administration Subsidiary Ledger program.

January 18, 2007 - QSSI is pleased to announce its award to lead the Individuals Authorized Access to CMS Systems (IACS) initiative.

November 22, 2006 - QSSI has been awarded a prime contract for IRS to manage the SB/SE initiative.

November 17, 2006 - QSSI is pleased to announce that it has been awarded prime contracts with CMS

September 14, 2006 - QSSI is pleased to announce it has achieved a CMMI® SE/SW Maturity Level 2 Rating, effective August 18, 2006

July 6, 2006 - QSSI is pleased to announce that its GSA IT Services (Schedule 70) contract GS-35F-0308L has been renewed through June 25, 2011.

May 15, 2006 - QSSI names Mr. Kovilvenni Ramaswamy as new CTO.

May 10, 2006 - Div 100 lists the top businesses owned by minorities. These are the people that have conquered the hurdles and made the sacrifices, building and strengthening their communities, and providing jobs in America.

May 1, 2006 - QSSI is awarded the Prime Contract from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to support the Resident Assessment Subsystem (RASS).

May 1, 2006 - Mark Labus is named QSSI's Senior VP of Business Development.

January 1, 2006 - Bikram Bakshi named as Chief Operating Officer. Pawan Malhotra named as Chief Financial Officer.

September 8, 2005 - QSSI was awarded Prime Contract from the U.S. Department of Transportation to Implement Phase II of the IT Infrastructure Cabling Plan at the New DOT Headquarters Building.

June 30, 2005 - QSSI was awarded Prime Contract from the U.S. Department of Transportation to Implement Phase I of the IT Infrastructure Cabling Plan at the New DOT Headquarters Building.

June 14, 2005 - QSSI Awarded HUD IMS Contract.

June 6, 2005 - QSSI Awarded 10 Year Subcontract from IBM in support of the Front End Business Integration (FEBI, also called Advance)

March 7, 2005 - QSSI Awarded Prime Contract from the U.S. Department of Transportation to Manage The TEAM (Transportation Electronic Award Management) System.