Northrop Grumman Introduces National Health Data Repository for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records Incentive Programs

MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 11, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has launched the National Level Repository (NLR) in support of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) initiation of registration by eligible professionals, eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Programs. The system was completed on schedule and made available to the public on Jan. 3, 2011, the date when registration for the Medicare EHR Incentive Programs and some Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs became available.