CMS (Medicare & Medicaid): ~$22.9M for AI through machine-learned modeling (AIMM) — an Index Analytics contract (USAspending)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), under HHS, awarded a ~$22.9 million ($22,937,727, as of 2026-09-08) contract to Index Analytics LLC for "AIMM (Artificial Intelligence through Machine Learned Modeling)" — an example of AI use in the health-insurance domain.
Contract key facts
- RecipientINDEX ANALYTICS LLC
- Contract value$22,937,727 (≈$22.9M)
- Awarding agencyDepartment of Health and Human Services
- Awarding sub-agencyCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Award typeBPA CALL
- Period of performance2023-09-28 〜 2027-09-27
- Contract ID (PIID)75FCMC23F0001
Contract scope (original)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THROUGH MACHINE LEARNED MODELING (AIMM)
Key points
- CMS (the Medicare & Medicaid agency under HHS) contracted for AI/ML modeling "AIMM"
- Recipient Index Analytics LLC, ~$22.9M ($22,937,727, as of 2026-09-08), September 2023–September 2026
- Award type is a BPA call (an order under a blanket purchase agreement)
- An example of AI use in healthcare and social insurance — domains that directly affect daily life
- The federal fiscal year ends 30 September, and 53 of the 222 records held as of 2026-09-01 (24 per cent) start that month.
1CMS and machine-learned modeling
CMS is a vast agency that runs U.S. public health insurance, including Medicare for older adults and Medicaid for low-income people.
2Enormous health and benefits data
Because it handles enormous healthcare and benefits data, machine-learned modeling (AIMM) can be used for data analysis, prediction, and operational efficiency (specific uses are beyond the scope field; refer to primary sources). Amid government AI procurement that can look defense-centric, this is an example of AI use in healthcare and social insurance — domains that directly affect daily life.
3One contract in four starts in September
This contract began on 28 September 2023. The federal fiscal year ends on 30 September, so start dates cluster at the year's end.
Of the 222 federal spending records this site holds as of 2026-09-01, 53 start in September — 24 per cent of the whole, and thirteen times the four that start in October, the lowest month. Thirteen of them start exactly on 30 September. Money for a fiscal year has to be obligated within it, and that deadline shows in the distribution of start dates.
October, the entrance to the new year, being lowest is the same fact seen from the other side.
Why it matters
An example of government AI use in healthcare and social insurance — domains that directly affect daily life. For readers in healthcare, public insurance data analysis, and health tech, a read on U.S. government demand areas.
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Sources (primary)
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- USAspending (award details)
- Contract ID (PIID)：75FCMC23F0001