09/04/08

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Eileen Houck, ehouck@bcssi.com

Buccaneer Wins National Research Data Warehouse Contract

 

WARRENTON, VA, September 4, 2008 – Buccaneer Computer Systems & Service, Inc. (Buccaneer) has been awarded a $3.5 million national Medicare research data warehouse contract by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).  The effort was led by the company’s new Software Development and Informatics (SDI) Division.  The award of this contract, under the direction of the Office of Research, Development and Information at CMS, will add technical, statistical, analytic, and program management staff to both the West Des Moines, Iowa and Warrenton, Virginia offices starting in early September.

 

The Chronic Condition Data Warehouse (CCW) is a research database designed to:

·        Identify areas for improving the quality of care provided to chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries

·        Identify ways to reduce program spending

·        Make current Medicare data more readily available to researchers studying chronic illness in the Medicare population

CMS launched the CCW in 2006, in response to the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA). Section 723 of the MMA mandated a plan to improve the quality of care and reduce the cost of care for chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries.  An essential component of this plan was to establish a data warehouse that contains Medicare claims data and assessments, linked by beneficiary, across the continuum of care.  This contract will provide Buccaneer with an opportunity to continue providing predefined, as well as custom, datasets to researchers, in addition to providing technical assistance.

 

Buccaneer is a rapidly growing information technology firm offering complete computer systems and analytical solutions to both government and corporate clients.  The company is headquartered in Warrenton, Virginia, with branch offices in Baltimore, Maryland and Falls Church, Virginia, as well as West Des Moines, Iowa; Little Rock, Arkansas; and Sierra Vista, Arizona.  Buccaneer is certified as an 8(a) firm within the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Business Development Program.  To learn more about Buccaneer, visit www.bcssi.com or e-mail information@bcssi.com.