Deltek Analyst Aila Altman reports. Yesterday, the Alabama Medicaid Agency (AMA) announced a tentative contract award to Deloitte to replace the state’s 30-year-old Medicaid eligibility determination system (MEDS). The outdated system is finally getting an overhaul to account for the ever-growing Medicaid population, and to prepare for the influx of Medicaid enrollees in 2014 resultingRead… Read more »
Deltek Senior Analyst Kyle Ridley reports. In recognition of National Purchasing Month, Deltek is shining a light on the importance of statewide term contracting. A term contact – also called an open-ended contract, blanket contract, requirements contract, or purchasing agreement – establishes a qualified supplier for certain goods and/or services over a specified period ofRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Aila Altman reports. As the January 2014 implementation deadline fast approaches, February was yet again chock-full of news surrounding health insurance exchanges (HIXs). While some states continue to make progress toward meeting the deadline, others are still contesting the federal HIX mandate and plan to wait out the results of this month’s SupremeRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Derek Johnson reports. Vendors should be aware that a massive, $750 million contracting opportunity was released by the state of Massachusetts this week. The state’s Network Services (ITT46) project has been tracked by Deltek since late 2010 – a request for information was released in August 2011, and a formal solicitation was releasedRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Kristin Howe reports. The most common terms appearing in solicitations during the month of February were Security, Services and Management. The word cloud below provides a visual interpretation of key-term frequency. Number of public safety bids: 140 Top three states (by number of solicitations released): California, Texas and Missouri Top three key words:Read… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Kate Tussey reports. Last Friday, Deltek kicked off National Social Worker Month with a blog series aimed at exploring various topics addressed by our nation’s social work arena. One of the most devastating and close-to-home issues in the field revolves around mental health care for veterans and returning military officers, especially in theRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Aila Altman reports. With the clutter of media on rising health care costs, Medicaid reform, health insurance exchange (HIX) implementation, and related topics, we often lose sight of the human and social services side of this industry. March is National Social Worker Month, and Deltek’s health care and social services team thought thisRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Aila Altman reports. As Deltek continues to analyze states’ fiscal year (FY) 2013 budgets, we are taking an even deeper look at Medicaid spending amongst states. In February, Deltek analyzed the following FY 2013 proposed budgets: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vermont. Total Medicaid spending among the selectedRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Randi Powell reports. As Florida Governor Rick Scott enters the second year of his first term, he confronts similar budget obstacles for FY 2013 as he did in FY 2012, with declining tax revenues and a deficit in the billions. Scott also faces another year of slow economic recovery, in addition to aRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Stephen Moss reports. With the other HIE, health insurance exchanges, now taking the market by storm, it is easy to forget the exchange that first caught our attention and dominated our coverage for so long: health information exchanges (HIEs). Indeed, even a cursory glance back at the written analysis of our health careRead… Read more »