For release: 07 Jan 2008
Indiana Awards EDS New $209 Million Medicaid Contract
Agreement Extends 16-Year Relationship with Hoosier State
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana – EDS, Indiana’s Medicaid partner since 1991, has been awarded a $209.9 million, six-and-a-half-year contract to upgrade and continue to maintain the state’s Medicaid Management Information System.
The new contract will leverage EDS’ leading-edge interChange Health System, which serves as an industry model and is in operation or being implemented in more than a dozen states, including Kansas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Among the upgrades are a Web-based tool that will enable health care providers to electronically enroll in the Medicaid program as well as a number of internal processes.
EDS will continue as fiscal agent to the state and its 27,000 health care providers, who care for more than 800,000 recipients and comprise the nation’s 17th-largest Medicaid program.
The agreement includes a seven-month phase to design, develop, test and implement the additional features followed by a six-year management term.
The contract, which was signed in late December, extends a 16-year relationship between EDS and Indiana.
The EDS solution will provide Indiana with enhanced transparency as it implements Gov. Mitch Daniels’ package of Medicaid reforms such as the Healthy Indiana Plan, which provides health coverage to previously uninsured Indiana residents, and the movement of aged, blind and disabled residents to a care management model. It also will continue claims processing coverage for other Indiana health programs.
“At the conclusion of the procurement process, it was evident that EDS was able to bring great value and experience to the taxpayers of Indiana,” said Mitch Roob, Family and Social Services Administration Secretary. “The technology and insight that EDS has to offer will be a tremendous asset as we continue to make great strides in new, innovative programs, such as the Healthy Indiana Plan.”
“As Indiana’s technology partner for more than a decade and a half, EDS understands the Healthy Indiana Plan and the state’s goal to cover its uninsured residents,” said Sean Kenny, vice president, EDS Global Health Care. “Our continued relationship will provide stability not only for the current Medicaid program, but also for future reforms.”
“Long relationships are reflections of earned trust and understanding of cultures and goals,” said Barbara Anderson, vice president, EDS U.S. Government Health Care. “Over the years, Indiana and EDS together have delivered program efficiencies to enable reforms and help push forward vital new programs to improve health outcomes for Hoosiers.”
EDS is the nation’s largest provider of Medicaid and Medicare process management services, administering more than $100 billion in benefits a year. EDS processes about 1 billion Medicaid claims annually, more than any other company, and provides fiscal agent services/Medicaid information technology support for 21 states. Through its global healthcare services and solutions, EDS touches more than 200 million patient lives each day.
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