“… Sparksoft will support the following HETS modernization efforts during this contract: transition from waterfall to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) program delivery, migrate from CMS Baltimore Data Center to AWS, automate testing and system health check processes, and replace proprietary testing tools and test cases with open source tools best suited for Agile methodology and cloud implementation. This award builds on Sparksoft’s center-wide Independent Validation and Verification (IV&V) support at the CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI).”
“Sparksoft’s CEO, Mr. Mike Finkel, said that “We are honored that the government continues to recognize the value that we bring through our innovative test automation services and products, and entrusts us with independent validation support on mission-critical programs to ensure that Medicare providers, beneficiaries, and taxpayers receive maximum benefit.””
“The HIPAA Eligibility Transaction System (HETS) provides Medicare beneficiary information to Medicare providers, suppliers, and their authorized representatives for the purposes of determining beneficiary eligibility. HETS provides real-time verification of beneficiary eligibility using the ASC X12 270/271 EDI standard, and processes approximately one billion transactions annually. Submitters access HETS either by using the CMS Extranet (TCP/IP), through establishing internet connectivity using Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and Web Services Description Language (WSDL) envelope standards, or by using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) multi-part” Source: Sparksoft
G2X TAKE: Beating out 16 other bidders, fast growing HUBZone, 8(a) and woman-owned small business and CMS SPARC Prime Sparksoft has been awarded a 5- year task to provide independent validation of software and system components by identifying defects, integration and performance issues, and verifying that the software meets user and system requirements. The task was competed using SPARC.
A focus of this effort by Sparksoft will be to support the following HETS modernization efforts during this contract: transition from waterfall to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) program delivery, migrate from CMS Baltimore Data Center to AWS, automate testing and system health check processes, and replace proprietary testing tools and test cases with open source tools best suited for Agile methodology and cloud implementation. This award builds on Sparksoft’s center-wide Independent Validation and Verification (IV&V) support at the CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). Source: Sparksoft
Take Bytes
- A relative newcomer to the Federal Health sector, Sparksoft added several CMS industry veterans prior to and immediately after picking up a Prime award on the CMS SPARC IDIQ, to include longtime industry leader Michael Finkel as Chief Executive Officer; Venky Natarajan as its Chief Operating Officer; Slava Shubinsky as the company’s Chief Information Security Officer/Chief Privacy Officer; and Adam John as CISO, while recently adding CMS Industry Veteran, Gary Rubalsky as EVP.
- Sparksoft has added several big wins over the last few years at CMS, to include recently being awarded a $38.5 CMS Multidimensional Information Data Analytics System (MIDAS) task and as Prime on a 53-month CMS task for Independent Validation and Verification Testing in support of CMMI.
- NIH NITAAC recently selected Sparksoft as an awardee for the 8(a) portion of the $20B CIO-SP3 SB On-Ramp.
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