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Two new multiple award blanket purchase agreements with CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics’ Division of Health Care Statistics. ICF will support CDC’s National Health Care Surveys with survey design and implementation, electronic data collection, processing of administrative data and electronic health records, data storage and warehousing, and data integration including record linkage. The contracts are valued up to $35 million over five years.
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