PRESS RELEASE:
ARCH SYSTEMS LLC, AWARDEE OF THE HHS CMS MEASURE AND INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT & SUPPORT (MIDS) IDIQ.
Baltimore, MD August 23, 2018 – Baltimore’s Arch Systems, LLC among the awardees of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Measure and Instrument Development and Support” (MIDS) IDIQ. The MIDS supports the development and use of clinical quality measures which remains a critical healthcare priority and the tool of choice for improving quality of care at the national, community and facility levels.
Arch was recently named by Inc. Magazine for the fourth consecutive year, as one of the 5000 fastest growing companies in America; this speaks to our ability to sustain growth and provide consistent performance to our clients. Arch was also recognized by Fed Health IT in 2017, and 2018, for our innovative solutions in data analytics and visualization prototype for the New Medicare Card project and the Measure Specific Error Prediction Engine (MSREPE) respectively. The data visualization prototype provided a unique drill-down and real-time reporting capability with an integration of data analytics tools such as SAS, Microsoft Power BI and Tableau. MSREPE predicts data errors that will arise out of Clinical Quality Measures (CQM)s. This initiative is crucial forward-thinking innovation to design and develop good CQMs that will yield better CQM data.
Arch Systems LLC (Arch) is a well-established, innovative, customer-centric, 8(a), HUBZone-certified, woman-owned, small business with over a decade of experience in managing large and complex information technology (IT) contracts for the Federal Government Sector.
The MIDS Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract provides a vehicle to objectively evaluate and promote quality of care within the Federal quality reporting programs by aligning with the Measures Management System (MMS) Blueprint, a comprehensive and structured process for developing and maintaining evidence-based clinical quality measures.