HP Enterprise Services, a provider of Medicaid and
Medicare process management services, announced the Florida Agency for Health
Care Administration (AHCA) has signed a renewal service agreement to manage the
state’s Medicaid Management Information System.
The $172 million, three-year renewal extension contract
will assist enable the state to transition to a managed care environment and
continue to prepare for pending program changes in a cost-effective manner. The
agreement extends HP’s contract through June 2016.
Through its interChange Medicaid Management Information
System, HP has provided fiscal agent support and business process outsourcing
services to AHCA since July 2008.
HP is helping the agency prepare
for pending healthcare changes by assisting it through the mandatory managed
care transition, implementing federal HIPAA 5010 requirements and supporting
the move to ICD-10 procedure coding.
The agency looks forward to continuing our good working
relationship as we move forward with transition and implementation of several
key initiatives,” said Elizabeth Dudek, secretary of the Florida Agency for
Health Care Administration.
Since AHCA switched to the HP interChange Medicaid
system, the company has implemented web-based provider enrollment, claims
authorization and file exchange as well as supported various agency initiatives
such as Medicaid reforms, the National Correct Coding Initiative to support
claims coding standards, and the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health
Records Incentive Programs to incent health care professionals and hospitals to
adopt and use electronic health records.
HP implemented a decision support system that increases
productivity and lowers costs while providing better support for health-policy
decision making. The system gives staff access to secure data to more
thoroughly analyze the agency’s programs and policies and to help reduce fraud
and abuse.
As a state with one of the largest and most
complex Medicaid programs, Florida needs the flexibility to address future
issues including increases in demand and regulatory changes without service
interruptions,” said Susan Arthur, vice president, U.S. Healthcare Industry, HP
Enterprise Services.
HP built and manages a system for Florida based on the
most advanced and proven technology to streamline Medicaid procedures while
providing the state with vital information about health care trends and the
medical needs of Florida’s Medicaid beneficiaries,” Arthur added.
HP Enterprise Services recently announced
that Telekom Serbia has completed the first steps in a transformation of its
operations and business support systems (OSS and BSS) that will increase
agility, reduce costs and improve the customer experience.
As the leading provider of fixed, mobile and broadband services in Serbia and
neighboring Balkan states, Telekom Serbia determined that better service-level
management was essential to enhancing the customer experience, and, ultimately,
maintaining its leadership in an increasingly competitive market.
By Telecomlead.com Team
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