Convergence 2018: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

Description:

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is holding its fourth Information Technology (IT) Conference, “Convergence 2018” on Thursday, August 9, 2018 at its central office located in Baltimore, MD. This conference provides a single forum where technology efforts, including lessons learned from recent projects are shared across the organization. This forum enables collaboration, facilitates communication, and provides the opportunity for technology alignment throughout the agency. Business components throughout CMS are presenting the material for each of the information sessions, which are open to all CMS employees.

Functional Statement for the Office of Information and Technology

• Serves as the focal point for the responsibilities of CMS' Chief Information Officer, Chief Operating Officer in planning, organizing, and coordinating the activities required to maintain a CMS-wide Information Resources Management (IRM) program.
• Ensures the effective management of CMS' information technology, and information systems and resources (e.g., implementation and administration of a change management process).
• Provides workstation, server, and local area network support for CMS-wide activities. Works with customer components to develop requirements, needs and cost benefit analysis in support of the LAN infrastructure including hardware, software and office automation services.
• Serves as the lead for developing and enforcing CMS' information architecture, policies, standards, and practices in all areas of information technology.
• Develops and maintains enterprise-wide central databases, statistical files, and general access paths, ensuring the quality of information maintained in these data sources.
• Directs Medicare claims payment systems activities, including CWF operation, as well as systems conversion activities.
• Develops ADP standards and policies for use by internal CMS staff and contractor agents in such areas as applications development and use of the infrastructure resources.
• Manages and directs the operation of CMS hardware infrastructure, including CMS' Data Center, data communications networks, enterprise infrastructure, voice/data switch, audio conferencing and other data centers supporting CMS programs.
• Leads the coordination, development, implementation and maintenance of health care information standards in the health care industry.
• Provides Medicare and Medicaid information to the public, within the parameters imposed by the Privacy Act.
• Performs information collection analyses as necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
• Directs CMS' ADP systems security program with respect to data, hardware, and software.
• Directs and advises the Administrator, senior staff, and components on the requirements, policies, and administration of the Privacy Act.