- Marcus Collier, General Dynamics
General Dynamics has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to support the Beneficiary Eligibility Suite of Systems Transactions (BESST) program. Worth a total value of $19.9 million over five years, the contract calls on General Dynamics to help maintain and enhance BESST systems. They will also create and maintain critical links between new and existing CMS systems as well as implement software enhancements.
The firm’s experts will provide program management, documentation and training services and support special projects for the HIPAA Eligibility Transaction System.
“The systems maintained by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are critical to ensuring beneficiaries receive accurate and efficient services,” said Marcus Collier, senior vice president of General Dynamics Information Technology’s Health and Civilian Solutions division. “General Dynamics supports CMS on many of its core programs and we will leverage this experience to bring additional value to the BESST program.”
The BESST systems maintain Medicare beneficiary eligibility information and support critical components of CMS’s core healthcare mission. The work will be performed in the Baltimore, Md., area.
