Modernizing health IT systems is critical to meeting changing beneficiary needs and user preferences in the digital age — enabling greater flexibility, efficiency and interoperability within and across Medicaid and health and human services programs. There is no one-size-fits all approach to modernization, leaving states with both the autonomy and challenge of pursuing the best path toward the outcomes they want to achieve. In this sessi...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is on a multi-year IT modernization journey – harnessing the power of new and emerging technologies to achieve mission-driven innovations, enhanced security, and delivery of improved access and care for millions of beneficiaries. CMS has done extensive work to date in cloud enabling applications and creating user friendly tools and enhancing security. The agency is now embarking on its...

AUSA’s Noon Report Webinar series invites you to join us on Thursday, 2 November 2023, at 12:00 EST to hear a presentation by MG Gregg Martin, author of Bipolar General: My Forever War with Mental Illness. As he offers a candid account of serving in the highest ranks of the U.S. Army while dealing with undiagnosed mental illness, General Martin’s inspiring story of finding the help he needed can resonate with all servicemembers and...

Like many public sector agencies, the Tennessee Department of Health’s Early Childhood Section manages a lot of data. Their evidence-based home visiting programs capture data on families from across the state to guide their efforts in promoting the health and wellness of Tennessee’s youngest residents and their caregivers. But until recently, this valuable information – which is regularly leveraged by program directors, funde...

The mission of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is to ensure effective, up-to-date health care coverage and to promote quality care for beneficiaries. CMS also administers the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) which was established to address the health care needs of uninsured children. CMS is focused on achieving a transformed and modernized health care system through increased emphasis on responsiveness to benef...

Traditionally, by the time a family becomes known to a child welfare agency, they are already in crisis. The Family First Prevention Services Act, was a good start in allowing funding for prevention services to be provided to a family in need, but it is not enough. Preventing crisis requires cross programmatic service delivery models that include a vast array of programs, providers and other community partners in health and human services. It...

As the number of demands placed on Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies grows, so does the need to modernize technology and streamline workflows. Agencies are focused on solutions that will improve health outcomes for children and families by delivering a digital-first experience for both constituents and staff. Join us on October 13 for a 30-minute webinar to hear from government leaders on how agencies can quickly and easily implement so...

State and local agencies are under enormous pressure to deliver results faster and more efficiently – and to make better use of data to drive decision-making and serve constituents. That’s what drove DC Health, the health department for Washington, D.C., to upgrade its legacy platforms to a modernized system for tracking vaccinations and other vital health metrics. Working with Oracle and partner Tharseo IT, the team migrated its e...

State health departments are swamped with their responses to COVID-19 and the recent monkeypox outbreak, making it difficult to map out data modernization strategies. But two public health agencies, the Iowa Department of Public Health and Maryland Department of Health, have successfully adopted a "working backward" approach to strategic development. With the assistance of Amazon Web Services (AWS), these agencies have crafted roadmaps to thei...

Ongoing issues like school safety, household violence and food insecurity represent substantial blockers to children's success. As education outcomes continue to be significantly impacted by factors outside of the classroom, school districts face the growing challenge of providing social services to students and managing behavioral and mental health data. Given that many districts rely on emails and spreadsheets for this type of data, there is...