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Headlines - 2009

• QSSI Establishes a Health IT Council

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.

• QSSI Announces Award of the HUD Physical Assessment Subsystem (PASS) Contract

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.

• QSSI Announces Award of the CMS Single Testing Contract (STC)

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.

• QSSI Announces Award of the Customer Support for Medicare Modernization (CSMM) Help Desk

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.

• QSSI Selected to Participate in the CCHIT® Personal Health Records Work Group

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.

• QSSI Supports the Industry Advisory Council (IAC) in briefing the Obama Transition Team on Key IT issues

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.

Headlines - 2008

• QSSI Announces Award of CMS Medicare Beneficiary Database Suite of Services (MBDSS) Testing Contract

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.

• CMS Expands Personal Health Record Pilot in South Carolina to include data from TRICARE

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.   

• QSSI Achieves CMMI® Maturity Level 3 Rating

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.

• QSSI Launches My Personal Health Record, South Carolina (MyPHRSC) - A CMS Personal Health Record (PHR) Pilot for Fee-For-Service Beneficiaries

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.

• QSSI Receives GSA Approval for Providing HSPD-12 System Integration Services to Government Customers

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.

Headlines - 2007

• QSSI Announces Award of CMS Point-of-Sale Facilitated Enrollment (POS FE) Eligibility Verification Contract

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. .

• QSSI Awarded Prime Contract from CMS for Personal Health Record (PHR) Pilot for Fee-For-Service 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.

• QSSI Awarded Prime Contract for IT Services, Software Development and Maintenance at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

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

• QSSI to Demonstrate FIPS 201 Card Issuance and Integration with PACS and LACS at the Biometric Tech Expo

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.

• QSSI Appoints New VP of Business Development

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

• QSSI Awarded ERP/Financial Systems Management Prime Contract at HUD

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.

• QSSI Awarded 5 Year IT Security Services BPA at the HHS/CMS

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

Headlines - 2006

• QSSI Awarded Prime Contract for IRS

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

• QSSI Awarded Two Prime Contracts with CMS

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

• CMMI® SE/SW Maturity Level 2 Rating

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

• QSSI Renews GSA IT Schedule through 2011

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.

• QSSI Brings on New CTO

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

• QSSI Recognized as One of the Top 100 Diversity Owned Businesses in America.

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.

• QSSI Wins HUD PIH/REAC RASS Contract

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).

• QSSI Brings on Senior VP of Business Development

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

• QSSI Brings Two Seasoned Executives On Board

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

Headlines - 2005

• IT Infrastructure Cabling Plan - Phase II

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.

• IT Infrastructure Cabling Plan - Phase I

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.

• IMS

June 14, 2005 - QSSI Awarded HUD IMS Contract.

• 10 Year Subcontract from IBM in support of the Front End Business Integration

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

• Prime Contract from the U.S. Department of Transportation to Manage The TEAM

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

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