The Second Health Information Technology Summit Washington DC Kathryn Kuhmerker, Deputy Commissioner New York State Department of Health September 8, 2005.

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The Second Health Information Technology Summit Washington DC Kathryn Kuhmerker, Deputy Commissioner New York State Department of Health September 8, 2005 NYS Medicaid Public-Private Partnership

1 Outline Medicaid Program Overview Reprocuring New York’s Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) Stakeholders MMIS Reprocurement Goals Implementation Challenges Cooperative Partnership Development

2 Introduction to the Medicaid Program  Comprehensive health insurance program for low- income individuals  Established in 1965 in conjunction with the Medicare program  Program is jointly funded by the federal government and the states  Nationwide, Medicaid spending has now surpassed Medicare spending

3 New York’s Medicaid Program: A partnership among 3 levels of government Federal:  Nationwide standards and program policies State:  Program policy  Provider enrollment and claims payment  Combating fraud County ( local social service districts and New York City ):  Eligibility determinations  Linking enrollees to appropriate services

4 Two-thirds Of Enrollees Do Not Receive Cash Assistance March 2005 Total Number of Enrollees: 4,232,453 1,411,275 2,821,178

5 Children Account For Almost Half Of All Enrollees March 2005 Total Number of Enrollees: 4,232,453 1,865, ,052 1,893,335

6 SFY Medicaid Spending - $44.4 Billion $8.1B $6.9B $3.1B $11.4B $4.1B $2.9B $4B $3.9B

7 Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) Are Key To Program Operations Claims processing Utilization controls Fraud, waste and abuse Medicaid policy and planning Other health policy initiatives

8 New York’s MMIS Has Multiple Stakeholders Medicaid program Other DOH programs Oversight agencies User State agencies Legislature Federal agencies Local departments of social services Providers Consumers

9 MMIS Reprocurement Goals MA Program Goals Decrease fraud, waste and abuse Improve data management Increase ability to adjudicate claims Standardize claim forms (pre-HIPAA) Employ a single contractor Speed ability to implement program changes

10 MMIS Reprocurement Goals Oversight Agency Goals Decrease fraud, waste and abuse Speed ability to implement program changes Reduce processing costs Provider / Stakeholder Goals Faster and easier claims payment processing Elimination of monthly paper card production and distribution

11 eMedNY Functionality  Size (2004 data)  462 million claims  141 million non-claim transactions  48,000 active providers  4 million enrollees  HIPAA compliant transactions processed  Eligibility verifications  Claims capture  Claims adjudication  Claims payment  Service authorizations

12 eMedNY Functionality (con’t)  E-Commerce  On-line adjudication of claims  Electronic Funds Transfers (EFT)  Clinical and clerical support  Provider enrollment  Prior authorization  Drug rebate  Claims entry data  Utilization Thresholds (UT’s)  Other functionality  Data warehouse  Inquiry  Reporting  Surveillance, utilization and management reports (SURS/MARS)  Disaster recovery  Drug Utilization Review (DUR) – both prospective & retrospective

13 Implementation Took More Than A Decade 1993 Initial Discussion Energize stakeholders 1997 Draft RFP 1998 RFP issued 1999 Evaluate bids 2000 Award contract 2002 Initial implementation 2005 Full implementation

14 Implementation Challenges External Influences Changes in technologies occurred that needed to be incorporated Online availability of secure data transmission Capacity for Electronic Fund Transfers (EFT) Electronic claims capture / electronic claims adjudication Y2K issues in ’99 & ’00 Evolution from thick to thin client HIPAA compliance mandates 9/11 and implementation of a major disaster relief program

15 Implementation Challenges (con’t) Internal Influences Developing and maintaining project support Change in Administration (1995) Multiple Medicaid Directors Multiple Budget Directors Changes in Governor’s office staff Changeover from DSS to DOH in 1996/1997 Complete loss of some IT sections Organizational cultural differences Changes in procurement laws Loss of program expertise

16 Challenges Were Met By Forming A Partnership Attempted to build the best system within the bounds of the contract and the contractual process Created expert contractor and State staff teams “Joint Application Design” (JAD) sessions Routine project meetings Collaborated to find acceptable solutions to issues Developed a phased implementation process Adjusted to changing technologies (e.g., thin client) Developed metrics to monitor progress

17 eMedNY Implementation Phase I – Data WarehouseSeptember 2002  Functionality includes: analysis of enrollee information, recipient cost and utilization reports, provider cost and utilization reports, category of service information, management report system (MARS), and customized reports / analysis Phase II – Point of Service (POS)November 2002  Functionality includes: eligibility verification, post and clear processing, utilization threshold processing, prospective drug utilization review processing and online, real- time adjudication for pharmacy claims Phase III – ClaimsMarch 2005  Functionality includes: online, real-time claims adjudication for the balance of provider types, electronic remittance advices and electronic funds transfer in a fully HIPAA-compliant system

18 Everyone Gave More Than 100% Unprecedented response to the 9/11 disaster in the middle of the project Focus on what needed to be done Emphasis on the best interests for all NYS residents We never missed a check!

19 Available Medicaid Information NYS Medicaid Website NYS eMedNY online