“Octo, the premier pure-play IT modernization provider for the Federal Government, announced it has been awarded a contract to forward the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) CMS MPSM program. The five-year contract will enable Octo to maximize CMS’s investment in transitioning to modern technology platforms to promote the delivery of high quality Medicare services and achieve cost savings for its beneficiaries. The effort encompasses not only a shift to modern technologies including application program interfaces (APIs), open source technologies, and the adoption of Agile and DevOps processes to support delivery, but also enables CMS components and offices to achieve the benefits of Lean-Agile at scale.”
“Octo will provide experience to support building sustainable Agile processes across both the modernization effort and maintenance of Medicare Fee-For-Service systems. Octo will guide CMS employees and their contractors on better delivery methods using Agile and DevOps, moving them through the adoption of Agile principles and practices while promoting repeatable, sustainable, maintainable solutions for continuous delivery…”
“Recognizing, adopting, and continually improving an Agile mindset will require programs to significantly adjust their product planning and management processes. Coaching will include providing workshops, hands on training, and support services, through which Octo will play a key role in the culture of relentless improvement and growth for CMS…” Read the full press release here.
Source: Octo Wins Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Agile Coaching Contract – September 14, 2021. Octo.
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