Company will continue operating one of the
world's largest accounting systems.
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CHURCH, Va., Oct. 26,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Information
Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD),
announced today that it was awarded a $450
million contract by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services to continue operating and modernizing its Healthcare
Integrated General Ledger Accounting System (HIGLAS). The contract
has an eight-month base period with seven option years.
HIGLAS is a single, integrated accounting system that
standardizes and centralizes federal financial accounting for all
of CMS's programs. As one of the largest accounting systems in the
world, HIGLAS enables CMS to enhance the oversight of its financial
operations and achieve accurate, reliable and timely accounting of
the agency's programs. HIGLAS processes approximately 4.5 million
Medicare claims daily and over $2
trillion in payments annually in support of more than 147
million Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.
Under the contract, GDIT will continue to partner with CMS to
modernize the HIGLAS system, in addition to managing critical
day-to-day operations. GDIT will also leverage its artificial
intelligence/machine learning capabilities to analyze trends and
patterns to determine potential anomalies in accounting data.
Additionally, GDIT will provide management services and host the
HIGLAS primary data processing and disaster recovery systems to
ensure 24/7/365 system reliability.
"Our continued support of HIGLAS enables us to further advance
CMS's commitment to improve the quality, efficiency and fiscal
soundness of its most mission-critical systems," said Kamal Narang, GDIT vice president and general
manager for Federal Health. "We look forward to continuing our
partnership with CMS and reimagining ways to deliver agile,
innovative and secure solutions that enable millions to access
healthcare services."
GDIT has supported CMS for more than 40 years. In addition to
HIGLAS, GDIT hosts one of the largest clouds in the federal
government that supports tens of millions of Americans through
health insurance marketplace websites. The company also deploys
machine learning to detect fraud, waste and abuse
among billions of Medicare claims.
General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company that
offers a broad portfolio of products and services in business
aviation; ship construction and repair; land combat vehicles,
weapons systems, and munitions; and technology products and
services. General Dynamics employs more than 100,000 people
worldwide and generated $39.4 billion
in revenue in 2022. More information about General Dynamics
Information Technology is available at www.gdit.com. More
information about General Dynamics is available at www.gd.com.
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