“Why GAO Did This Study The Medicaid program is the largest source of health care funding for America’s most at-risk populations and is funded jointly by states and the federal government. GAO was asked to assess CMS’s oversight of federal expenditures for MMIS and E&E systems used for Medicaid. This report examines (1) the amount of federal funds that CMS has provided to state Medicaid programs to support MMIS and E&E systems, (2) the extent to which CMS reviews and approves states’ funding requests for the systems and oversees the use of these funds, and (3) CMS’s and states’ efforts to reduce potential duplication of Medicaid IT systems…”
“What GAO Found The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has reimbursed billions of dollars to states for the development, operation, and maintenance of claims processing and information retrieval systems—the Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) and Eligibility and Enrollment (E&E) systems. Specifically, from fiscal year 2008 through fiscal year 2018, states spent a total of $44.1 billion on their MMIS and E&E systems…” Read the two-page report here.
Source: Effective CMS Oversight and States’ Sharing of Claims Processing and Information Retrieval Systems Can Reduce Costs – September 2020. GAO.
