TYSONS, Va., Dec. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — CNSI, a leading business solutions provider in developing and delivering innovative health information technology solutions, announced today that veteran operations executive Bob McCord has joined the company as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO).  With extensive operations experience spanning nearly three decades, McCord brings valuable knowledge and leadership to CNSI’s executive team during a period of rapid growth.

A senior leader who has served as President and COO at several companies before joining CNSI, McCord is a top health subject matter expert with experience across healthcare and technology industries. Previously, McCord served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Octo Consulting until completing a successful recapitalization with Arlington Capital Partners. Prior to that, he served as President and COO of Acentia (sold to MAXIMUS) and 2020 Company LLC. Additionally, he led the healthcare business for SAIC, as well as Pearson Government Solutions, including the 1-800 MEDICARE program and the CDC-INFO program.

“Bob has built an impressive track record of leading innovative organizations to achieve strong growth. His experience serving federal, state and commercial healthcare markets will be invaluable to CNSI’s growth and execution focus,” said CNSI Chief Executive Officer Todd Stottlemyer. “Bob is a trusted leader, and I look forward to working with him to align CNSI’s superior solutions with industry-leading operational best practices to position us for continued growth.”

McCord received an engineering degree from Virginia Tech along with a Master of Business Administration degree.

“CNSI already has industry leading solutions and talented staff. I am excited and honored to join the outstanding management team Todd has assembled,” said McCord. “We’re well positioned to lead CNSI into the next generation of solutions and services.”

McCord is the latest in a series of new management hires the company has recently announced to strengthen its market position and accelerate growth.  For more information, please visit http://www.cns-inc.com.

 About CNSI

CNSI delivers a broad range of health information technology enterprise solutions and customizable products to a diverse base of state and federal agencies. We align, build, and manage innovative, high-quality, cost-effective solutions that help customers achieve their mission, enhance business performance, reduce costs, and improve the health for over 50 million Americans. With locations throughout the U.S. and in India, CNSI employs a world-class team of technologists, healthcare subject-matter experts and program managers, all of whom have experience with large scale mission-critical information technology implementations. CNSI’s website is: http://www.cns-inc.com.

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ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — CNSI, a leading business solutions provider in developing and delivering innovative health information technology solutions, announced today that Kelly Schlageter has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer. In this role, she will be responsible for communications, marketing, and branding for CNSI.

Schlageter, an accomplished marketing and communications executive, comes to CNSI with more than 20 years of experience leading marketing and communications teams for both technology and healthcare organizations. Most recently, she led marketing and communications at the Inova Health System for the Inova Center for Personalized Health, including the branding and launch of the new Inova Schar Cancer Institute. Before joining Inova, Schlageter held various leadership roles at Sprint, where she spent 14 years.

“Kelly is a veteran marketing and communications executive with a great track record of helping organizations accelerate growth,” said CNSI Chief Executive Officer Todd Stottlemyer. “Her valuable experience with both technology and healthcare organizations – at the intersection of today’s disruption and innovation – makes Kelly a great fit to lead strategic marketing and communications efforts at CNSI. We are excited to have her on our leadership team.”

In recognition of her many strategically-led marketing initiatives, Schlageter’s work has received several awards for advertising and public relations campaigns, including receiving a Silver Anvil Award and being nominated for an Effie Award.

“CNSI is poised for market leadership and growth, and our marketing, strategic communications, and branding initiatives will help play a significant role in accelerating that growth,” said Schlageter. “I am delighted to join such a talented team committed to delivering innovative solutions that improve health outcomes, reduce healthcare costs, and positively impact lives.”

Schlageter is the latest in a series of new management hires the company has recently announced to strengthen its market position and accelerate growth.  For more information, please visit http://www.cns-inc.com.

About CNSI

CNSI delivers a broad range of health information technology enterprise solutions and customizable products to a diverse base of state and federal agencies. We align, build, and manage innovative, high-quality, cost-effective solutions that help customers achieve their mission, enhance business performance, reduce costs, and improve the health for over 50 million Americans. With locations throughout the U.S. and in India, CNSI employs a world-class team of technologists, healthcare subject-matter experts and program managers, all of whom have experience with large scale mission-critical information technology implementations. CNSI’s website is: http://www.cns-inc.com.

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It’s no secret that delivering health care in rural environments comes with its own unique challenges, from patient transportation issues to workforce shortage issues, higher rates of uninsured or under-insured and higher poverty rates. But with rural areas in nearly every state and 1 out of 5 Americans living within a rural area, it’s clear that agencies and providers must overcome those challenges to be able to effectively serve the people in their communities.

The Centers for Medicaid & Medicare (CMS) recently identified its first-ever Rural Health Strategy which focuses on ways that technology can help improve rural health outcomes in a way that doesn’t further burden already-stretched systems. Here’s how CMS is using (and supporting) technology to benefit rural patients:

Expanding telehealth

In the past year, CMS has expanded the Medicare program to allow for access to telehealth and other virtual services, allowing rural patients to easily check in with their physician over the phone or via the internet, using patient-supplied videos and other images to help determine if an in-person visit is warranted. These efforts have created historic changes in the way healthcare is delivered to rural communities by bringing healthcare to patients where they are.

Increasing Medicare Advantage flexibility

Expanding telehealth and other technology-enabled health services is the first step in better serving rural communities, but it’s imperative that Medicare covers these services in order to achieve anticipated benefits. In addition to expanding the scope and type of services that can be delivered remotely, CMS is also creating more flexibility in Medicare Advantage plans by ensuring that innovative telehealth services are now part of the basic benefit.

Revising policies to support rural providers

To support its technology initiative, CMS is also reviewing its policies and programs to identify how each will impact rural providers. Instead of considering rural populations as somewhat of an afterthought, CMS is proactively reviewing current policies to determine the intended or unintended consequences for rural physicians, hospitals and other healthcare providers. Additionally, CMS recently enacted Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) which, among other things, aims to address the wage index disparities impacting low wage index hospitals typical in rural locations. This change will decrease the delta between rural and urban hospitals and will empower rural hospitals to better attract talent, improve patient care quality and give patients greater access.

Take a Page from the CMS Playbook

Clearly, technology is having a significant and positive impact on healthcare outcomes in rural areas, and CMS continues to make strides in expanding access and improving adoption. State health IT execs are urged to take a page from the CMS playbook and apply similar thought processes in their own organizations so that their rural citizens can experience the best care possible.

Need insights on best practices for using technology to deliver healthcare to citizens in your rural communities? Get in touch to learn more about how CNSI can help your organization.

FedHealthIT’s President, Susan Sharer, recently had the opportunity to sit down with CNSI CEO Todd Stottlemyer to discuss challenges in Federal health, suggestions for Government and industry, and how CNSI is driving toward those challenges.

What are Some of the Challenges in Federal Health?

I think the broader challenge is understanding how we use technology to achieve both better health outcomes for patients and lower costs. Ultimately, I think the answer to many challenges requires centering the conversation.

If we are talking about consumer engagement, we need to hone in on the who – the individual consumer and/or patient. When we talk about interoperability, again we need to center on the individual consumer and/or patient and how we create a better ecosystem and better architecture to support that individual consumer and/or patient. Technology absolutely can help support the mission of providing quality Healthcare outcomes at lower costs, but without that centering conversation to really drive the effort, it’s hard to be successful.

What Suggestions do You Have for Government to Make Their Data Actionable?

I think that every conversation should start with the individual consumer and/or patient in mind. What are we doing to improve our systems that benefits the individual consumer and/or patient? How are we using data to provide better information to the individual consumer and/or patient to make decisions? How do we use technology to bring data together and turn it into actionable information to help that person visualize and make decisions about their Healthcare and treatment from a quality and cost standpoint? By focusing on the individual consumer and/or patient, we can start to make more effective and better-informed decisions.

What are Some of the Ways Government Should Think About Disruption?

Government is a natural disruptor and has been for a long time. If we think about the issue of avoidable re-admissions and the idea of continuing care after discharge to avoid those instances, that policy change was disruptive. If we think about Government driving value-based care, with a value orientation and incentives to reward keeping people healthy instead of just treating them when they are sick, that is a great disruption. If we think about the Government’s mandate around electronic health records, that is a disruptive initiative.

I think there is still great opportunity to do much more, to continue to look at other industries, at non-traditional ways to use and deploy technology. Some of those technologies – things like sensors, virtual health and remote monitoring – are already changing the way we practice healthcare. There is already a lot of disruption taking place, but there is always the opportunity to do more.

If we think about big data, I think we’ve just seen the tip of the iceberg in terms of what we are doing now with our data and what can be done to turn data from various sources into actionable information.

Tell us a Bit More About Companies Outside the Space Disrupting Healthcare

There is a great opportunity today to look outside the Healthcare industry to avoid being insular. There are some great commercial examples of how non-Healthcare companies focus on customer engagement, safety, and other operational decisions that parallel challenges faced by the Healthcare sector. It’s important to continue to do that and to look more widely at what private companies are doing, what they have developed, and how it could be applied to solve challenges in the Healthcare sector.

It can be challenging for Government because those same trusted relationships may not exist, but it’s important they be open to those non-traditional companies and technology players.

Do You Have Any Recommendations for VA and the Huge Effort They are Undertaking?

The recommendation is always the same – start with a conversation about the individual consumer and/or the patient. How is what you are doing going to improve the individual consumer and/or patient experience? How do you empower that patient to make better Healthcare decisions?

We in the Healthcare sector are in the unique position of personally experiencing the results of our efforts. Whether it is family or friends, whether on the Government side or the commercial side, we all have experiences in Healthcare that include the complexity of forms, wait times, cost, not knowing where and how to get the best outcomes. The patient can only be a better decision maker if they have the information they need and if the Healthcare system is as easy to navigate and as seamless as possible.

Where is CNSI Heading?

Our focus has been on developing and building products to support the administration of Healthcare and related claims for states and Federal agencies including the VA, CMS, and the Department of Labor. We want to expand that. We want to be known as having deep Healthcare subject matter expertise combined with outstanding technology, with top software developers and engineers, focusing on improving the administrative aspects of Healthcare and with analytics capabilities to bring data together from various sources and make it actionable.

We’ll be looking strategically to make acquisitions where we have gaps or want to gain capabilities, especially in the area of analytics.

We have also been building out our team, hiring people who have been in these environments, who are experienced in the Healthcare sector, who have a passion for improving the human condition, and for improving health outcomes. The addition of Melissa Fannin earlier this summer is a great example. Melissa has experience with CMS and with the private sector. As a trauma RN, she is fluent from a clinical perspective. Melissa knows the client environment, has private sector experience, and a passion for our Healthcare mission.

We know that Healthcare touches us all. If we can bring every conversation and effort we are involved with down to the individual level, we have the potential to improve Healthcare for that individual and for broader populations.

About Todd Stottlemyer

Todd Stottlemyer came to CNSI late in 2018, bringing with him an extensive Healthcare background that included time supporting electronic health records, precision medicine, personalized health, and Healthcare policy. As CEO, he supports CNSI’s mission to deliver a broad range of health information technology enterprise solutions and customizable products to a diverse base of Healthcare and other clients through aligning, building, and managing innovative, high-quality, cost-effective solutions that help clients achieve their mission, enhance performance, and improve the health for over 50 million Americans.

ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — CNSI, a leading business solutions provider in developing and delivering innovative health information technology solutions, is pleased to announce that Melissa Fannin, Senior Vice President of Federal Business Development, has been named to the 2020 “FedHealthIT100” list by FedHealthIT Magazine.

The FedHealthIT 100 honors those individuals recognized for driving change and advancing the Federal Health Information Technology market. Nominated and chosen by their peers, some common themes among those who were selected include the desire and willingness to challenge conventional wisdom, to go above and beyond, to drive innovation, and to give back to the larger Federal Health IT and consulting community.

“Melissa is a highly respected federal health IT veteran who brings clinical and business expertise to everything she does. She has a true understanding of healthcare from every possible vantage point and works strategically to help CNSI clients improve health outcomes and lower healthcare costs,” said CNSI Chief Executive Officer Todd Stottlemyer.  “We congratulate Melissa on this well-deserved recognition. It is a testament to her passion to utilize technology to achieve better health outcomes and reduce healthcare costs.”

“I am honored to be named to this list and am proud to be a champion and member of the management team at CNSI as we continue to drive innovation to advance important health objectives and outcomes,” said Fannin.

The FedHealthIT 100 winners will be celebrated at an exclusive event at National Association of Homebuilders Building in Washington, D.C. on December 2, 2019.

About CNSI

CNSI delivers a broad range of health information technology enterprise solutions and customizable products to a diverse base of state and federal agencies. We align, build, and manage innovative, high-quality, cost-effective solutions that help customers achieve their mission, enhance business performance, reduce costs, and improve the health for over 50 million Americans. With locations throughout the U.S. and in India, CNSI employs a world-class team of technologists, healthcare subject-matter experts and program managers, all of whom have experience with large scale mission-critical information technology implementations. CNSI’s website is: http://www.cns-inc.com.

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240-399-2526
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As the holiday season approaches, we’d like to take a moment to say thank you to all of the employees, clients and partners who have had an impact on CNSI’s success this year.

Our Employees: Thank you for your continued dedication and passion for technological innovation and business transformation. Your hard work is noticed and appreciated. You always have been and always will be our most important asset. We are thankful for your service.

Our Clients: You are the reason why we do what we do, and we are thankful to have earned your trust—but it’s not something we take for granted. We look forward to continuing to serve you and help enable your success in 2020 and beyond.

Our Partners: Your talents help allow us to provide comprehensive solutions that make our clients successful. Thank you for continuing to be an integral part of our team.

Recently, CNSI chief executive officer Todd Stottlemyer joined other health IT executives for a Market Outlook: 2020 Power Breakfast in Tysons Corner, Virginia. At the breakfast, Todd spoke on the power of IT-enabled health care. He also identified six key trends health IT executives should be aware of—and poised to capitalize on—in 2020. Read for a recap of Todd’s insights.

Modular solutions: Modular solutions are a trend that started 3-4 years ago and will progress into the future. Expect a renewed focus on modular solutions that integrate well with other components.

Interoperable solutions: With modularity comes interoperability – the ability for systems to exchange information. Expect to see more open APIs and similar ways to help information flow between systems.

Configurable solutions: Healthcare IT solutions need to be highly configurable, reducing the amount of customization. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is highly focused on systems that are scalable and adaptable to allow for future policy and regulatory changes.

Empowering consumers: Putting more actionable information into the hands of consumers will enable them to make more informed and better decisions about their health, their health providers, and their choice of health plans.

Data analytics: If data is not actionable, it’s not relevant. There is plenty of data out there – claims, clinical, public health, provider, outcomes, and social determinants. The key is how you transform the data into actionable information so you can realize better individual and population health outcomes and reduce healthcare costs.

Security: As malevolent forces elevating their sophistication on data hacking, security measures must also elevate. Businesses and agencies must be consistently evaluating and improving their data protection on both a personal and broader level.

According to Todd, it’s an exciting time to be in healthcare IT. “We are still in the top of the first inning from a disruption standpoint.”

Rockville, MD – November 21, 2019 – CNSI, a leading business solutions provider in developing and delivering innovative health information technology solutions, announced today that John Gaddi has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Finance. He will report to David Adams, Chief Financial Officer of CNSI.

Gaddi brings more than 20 years of finance and accounting experience to CNSI. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Finance at Peraton, a national security company. He has also held key finance positions at Constellis, Sotera Defense Solutions, QinetiQ, and Leidos.

“With extensive experience in corporate and operational roles, John will be an enormous asset as we continue our work to grow our business,” said CNSI Chief Executive Officer Todd Stottlemyer.  “We are excited to welcome him to CNSI and look forward to benefitting from his expertise, financial acumen, and foresight.”

“I am excited by the many opportunities in front of this tremendous company and the healthcare technology industry at large,” said Gaddi. “Throughout my career, I have been driven by managing complex financial and operational assignments. I am looking forward to helping the CNSI team reach their financial and strategic goals.”

Gaddi is the latest in a series of new management hires the company has recently announced to strengthen its market position and accelerate growth.  For more information, please visit http://www.cns-inc.com.

About CNSI

CNSI delivers a broad range of health information technology enterprise solutions and customizable products to a diverse base of state and federal agencies. We align, build, and manage innovative, high-quality, cost-effective solutions that help customers achieve their mission, enhance business performance, reduce costs, and improve the health for over 50 million Americans. With locations throughout the U.S. and in India, CNSI employs a world-class team of technologists, healthcare subject-matter experts and program managers, all of whom have experience with large scale mission-critical information technology implementations. CNSI’s website is: http://www.cns-inc.com.

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Amanda Moskowitz

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ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — CNSI, a leading business solutions provider in developing and delivering innovative health information technology solutions, announced today that Steve Van Veen has joined the company as Vice President of Proposal Operations. In this role, he will be a key member of the CNSI business development team and will lead proposal opportunities for the company.

Van Veen joins CNSI with more than 20 years of experience leading capture activities in the Federal Health space. He is credited for increasing revenue and expanding market presence for some of the most successful Federal Health firms, while establishing and managing GWAC and IDIQ processes and teams.

Most recently, Van Veen served as Director of Growth for SES Corporation. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Proposals for KGS (Kforce Government Solutions). He also served in leadership roles at Acentia (acquired by MAXIMUS) and Systems Made Simple (acquired by Leidos).

“Steve’s knowledge of our industry, clients, and services landscape will be invaluable as we leverage his expertise in implementing growth strategies,” said CNSI Chief Executive Officer Todd Stottlemyer.  “He is a proven leader whose expertise is unparalleled with a track record of driving transformation through profitable growth. We are proud to welcome Steve to CNSI.”

“I couldn’t be more excited to join CNSI’s mission of providing innovative healthcare solutions to our clients. I’m thrilled to join this team and help drive the next chapter of growth,” said Van Veen.

Van Veen is the latest in a series of new management hires the company has recently announced to strengthen its market position and accelerate growth.  For more information, please visit http://www.cns-inc.com.

About CNSI

CNSI delivers a broad range of health information technology enterprise solutions and customizable products to a diverse base of state and federal agencies. We align, build, and manage innovative, high-quality, cost-effective solutions that help customers achieve their mission, enhance business performance, reduce costs, and improve the health for over 50 million Americans. With locations throughout the U.S. and in India, CNSI employs a world-class team of technologists, healthcare subject-matter experts and program managers, all of whom have experience with large scale mission-critical information technology implementations. CNSI’s website is: http://www.cns-inc.com.

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Yesterday the National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) kicked off its annual conference. When looking through the two-day agenda, you’ll see aspirational words like Advancing, Strengthening, Supporting and Partnering (with heavy emphasis on the latter). But what you will also see is a wide cadre of states giving real-world, implementable solutions to achieve common goals for quality care at sustainable costs for those most in need in our communities.

Take for example, Arizona Medicaid Director, Jami Snyder. In one of the first sessions, Snyder describes how their Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCS) program is tackling the state’s growing chronic homelessness and unsheltered population.

“The governor set a goal of decreasing the homeless population by 80 percent. AHCCCS collaborating in a way that allows us to move forward, including learning each other’s language, in order to successfully lower the rate of homelessness,” said Snyder.

She went on to describe a web of partnerships that included Arizona Medicaid health plans, local public housing authorities, federal Housing and Urban Development support, the state’s department of economic security, Arizona State university, the Crisis Response Network and the United Way–each filling in a critical need to supply services, funding and housing permanency.

Most sessions of the conference featured the stories of those whose health and stability have been improved through these collaborative efforts. In Arizona, it was a timeline story of “Dave” who was found on the streets blinded with cataracts. Through information sharing, Dave was able to receive treatment for his high blood pressure, which led to two successful eye surgeries then transitional housing. It took less than nine months for Dave to find permanent housing and a new outlook on life.

What was apparent in day one of NAMD, is that all states recognize that the power to change lives rests on their ability to share information across programs and agencies. At CNSI, we recognize the role in which technology plays in facilitating that sharing. Whether its creating a partnership between two states to leverage the same Medicaid system or using cloud technology to increase interoperability across business functions, we are proud to support our clients in improving health outcomes for all the “Daves” in the US. Thank you NAMD for providing this platform for these partnerships to flourish.