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$124,773,354

Department of Health and Human Services·Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

to EMPOWER AI, INC.

healthactive
ACTION DATE2026-04-23·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75FCMC18F0026_7530_GS00F263CA_4732
Award description

SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: PROGRAM EVALUATION/REVIEW/DEVELOPMENT

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

CMS contracts with EMPOWER AI for professional program evaluation, review, and development services supporting Medicare/Medicaid operations.

Sub-sectors
medicare-operationsprogram-evaluationai-analytics
Why this matters

Large-scale AI deployment in federal healthcare administration could improve program efficiency, fraud detection, and policy analysis across 150+ million beneficiaries.

Supply-chain signal

Signals CMS reliance on private AI vendors for core analytical infrastructure; indicates growing market for healthcare AI consulting and data analytics services.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. investment in domestic AI capabilities for healthcare administration reduces dependence on foreign technology in sensitive federal health programs.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002195.

Period of performance
Start
2018-03-08
End
2027-02-28
Status
activein 288 days
Sources

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