DefenseWeb Awarded Contract to Develop Online System to Support TRICARE Uniformed Services Family Health Plan; Teams with Strategic Partners to Serve Department of Defense's TRICARE Program.SAN DIEGO -- DefenseWeb Technologies, a premier custom software developer and systems integrator serving Department of Defense (DoD) organizations, today announced that it has been awarded a contract to support the Department of Defense's TRICARE program, which provides health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract to more than nine million active duty and retired uniformed service members and their families. The contract, which includes one base year and four option years, marks DefenseWeb's entry into the DoD health care market with one of the largest contracts in the company's history. DefenseWeb will develop, deploy and host an online system to support TRICARE's six Designated Providers (DPs) that comprise the TRICARE Uniformed Services Family Health Plan. The online system will provide the DPs with crucial enrollment information through the real-time collection of information from the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS DEERS Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (US DoD) ), the DoD's worldwide database of eligible beneficiaries. In addition to the DEERS data, DefenseWeb will collect information from the DPs on a monthly basis to be used in conjunction with both the DEERS and historical data to generate critical enrollment reports. These reports will be used by the DPs and, ultimately and most importantly, by the TRICARE Management Activity (TMA TMA Turnaround Management Association TMA Texas Medical Association TMA Transportation Management Association TMA Training and Management Assistance (a component of OHRD, which is a component of OWR) TMA Tooling & Manufacturing Association ). The TMA uses this data to determine capitation rates for each DP based on enrollment population and numbers. DefenseWeb CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Douglas W. Burke said, "We are honored to be selected by the Department of Defense to support TRICARE and its Designated Providers. DefenseWeb has developed online systems for every branch of the military and we will be able to leverage much of that existing technology to develop a system for TRICARE in a very efficient and cost-effective way." DefenseWeb teamed with two strategic business partners to secure the DoD contract. Apptis, Inc., a leading provider of IT solutions to government and private industry, will provide program oversight, final data analysis and customer support. Ingenix Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :UNH Unh The symbol for the element unnilhexium. ) and a leading health information provider, will be responsible for data warehousing and reporting. About DefenseWeb(R) Technologies, Inc. DefenseWeb Technologies, Inc. (www.defenseweb.com) provides customized enterprise software development services for Department of Defense (DoD) organizations. Founded in 1998, DefenseWeb delivers Enterprise Information Portals, Case Management Systems, Clinical Information Systems, Business Process Automation Systems, Training Systems and Decision Support Systems for DoD health care, quality of life and family support organizations. DefenseWeb has developed and continues to support applications for every branch of the Armed Services including the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps both in the Active and Reserve Components. The company's core competencies enable it to provide and maintain complex, mission-critical solutions on time, within budget and beyond expectations. Profitable since inception, DefenseWeb is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. located in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. . (C) 2005 DefenseWeb Technologies. All rights reserved. DefenseWeb(R) and Xtendable(R) Server are trademarks of DefenseWeb Technologies Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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