The contract extends a 27-year relationship between EDS and the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS), the state agency responsible for providing health care to Wisconsin's poorest and most vulnerable citizens. Since 1977, EDS has provided fiscal agent support for DHFS and operated its existing mainframe MMIS. Last year, more than 32 million claims worth more than $4.2 billion from more than 42,000 health care professionals were processed in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Awards $189.1 Million Medicaid IT Contract
New state-of-the-art Medicaid Management Information System
The state of Wisconsin has awarded EDS a $189.1 million contract to design, develop and implement a new state-of-the-art Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS). The contract includes five one-year options.
The contract extends a 27-year relationship between EDS and the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS), the state agency responsible for providing health care to Wisconsin's poorest and most vulnerable citizens. Since 1977, EDS has provided fiscal agent support for DHFS and operated its existing mainframe MMIS. Last year, more than 32 million claims worth more than $4.2 billion from more than 42,000 health care professionals were processed in Wisconsin.
The new contract calls for a two-year development and implementation period followed by a five-year management term. EDS will implement its interChange Health System.
The contract extends a 27-year relationship between EDS and the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS), the state agency responsible for providing health care to Wisconsin's poorest and most vulnerable citizens. Since 1977, EDS has provided fiscal agent support for DHFS and operated its existing mainframe MMIS. Last year, more than 32 million claims worth more than $4.2 billion from more than 42,000 health care professionals were processed in Wisconsin.