Ohio Awards EDS $100 Million Medicaid Contract

The EDS Ohio interChange system will provide state-of-the-art IT services to Ohio’s 43,000 Medicaid providers and 1.7 million recipients, the sixth-largest Medicaid program in the United States. The agreement includes a 36-month implementation phase.

The Ohio win brings to 21 the number of state Medicaid systems for which EDS serves as fiscal agent or principal IT provider.

EDS will implement its federally certified interChange Medicaid system, which has served as an industry model and is in operation or being implemented in a dozen states.

The contract was signed in June and was reflected in EDS’ second quarter new business signings.

The new Web-based system will provide Ohio with greater flexibility and will provide faster and more reliable claims processing for health care providers. For example, it will allow Ohio providers to submit claims electronically rather than on paper, then receive prompt confirmation the claim has been processed and approved. It also will provide the state with vital data about health care trends and the medical needs of Ohio’s Medicaid population.

“Ohio sought a proven solution to improve service to health care providers and to analyze enormous amounts of data to identify health trends across the state,” said Sean Kenny, vice president of EDS Global Health Care. “We are very pleased that Ohio chose EDS to help improve health outcomes for its most vulnerable residents.”

“We are elated to have been selected as Ohio’s Medicaid partner,” said Barbara Anderson, vice president of EDS State and Local Health and Human Services. “We look forward to helping Ohio replace its legacy system with flexible, state-of-the-art Medicaid management technologies that will grow with the state’s needs.”

EDS is the nation’s largest provider of Medicaid and Medicare process management services, administering more than $100 billion in benefits a year. EDS processes about 1 billion Medicaid claims annually, more than any other company, and provides fiscal agent services/Medicaid IT support for 21 states. Through its global healthcare services and solutions, EDS touches more than 200 million patient lives each day. -EDS news