Tech hurdles delaying flow of Medicaid data, impatient OIG says

Healthcare IT News: A new Office of Inspector General report shows the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, along with many state Medicaid agencies, reporting big challenges in submitting data to the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System, which was supposed to be fully operational by now.

Technology hurdles, limited resources and data governance challenges are all contributing to the long-delayed deployment.

The T-MSIS database is meant to keep tabs on crucial cost and quality data, from across more than 50 state Medicaid programs.

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