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U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services continue to expand, integrate data

Published in Medical Device Law Weekly, December 17th, 2006

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are expanding the capacity of their integrated data repository, according to Teradata, a division of NCR Government Systems LLC, which is owned by NCR Corp. (NCR).

The Teradata environment at CMS comprises the largest volume of healthcare-related data files in the world.

CMS annually disseminates more data than any other federal agency or private-sector company to researchers, policy groups, associations, medical groups, and private citizens. CMS administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with the states to administer Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program and health...

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Source: Medical Device Law Weekly (2006-12-17)

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