IME Success Increased State Control and Accountability Increased State Control and Accountability Moved MMIS System to State Platform Early Moved MMIS
{"Image DocumentName": "IME Success Increased State Control and Accountability", "Image ImageDescription": "Moved MMIS System to State Platform Early. Built State infrastructure to support IME. Common facility. New hardware to support MMIS and Data Warehouse. State owned equipment for Contractors. Staggered renewal of Contracts. Flexibility of Model. Some of the high points of this business centric model include the increased control of the State over operations, something that in the previous model had been harder to achieve. The IME is accountable to its providers, members, and other stakeholders through a set of performance measures that will be published annually. The decision to move the MMIS system to the State\u2019s data center early in the process not only gave the State greater control of the system but by moving it early allowed it to be ready for operations by the required date. Building an IME infrastructure including facility, equipment, hardware, software, state run support operations such as printing and mailing will allow for future changes to the IME to be accomplished more efficiently with less interruption. One example of the flexibility of this model has already played out. With eight weeks to implement a new Medicaid expansion of Medicaid reform, staff, located in the same facility, were able to implement phase 1 of Iowa\u2019s Medicaid reform which included required a waiver from CMS, in a minimal amount of time while at the same time finishing all DDI requirements. This would not have been possible in the short timeframe if the IME did not exist.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}