ACS
Announces Seamless Transition of Fiscal Agent Services for Texas
Medicaid Program (January 2004)
ACS (NYSE: ACS), a premier provider of business process and
information technology outsourcing solutions, announced today
that it has, along with its other partners in the Texas Medicaid
and Healthcare Partnership (TMHP), successfully transitioned
fiscal agent and administrative services to support the State
of Texas' Medicaid traditional fee-for-service program and the
Texas Health Network (THN) PRIMARY CARE CASE MANAGEMENT (PCCM)
managed care program. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission
(HHSC) oversees the Medicaid program and hired ACS, the lead
partner for TMHP, last year to assume these duties starting
January 1, 2004.
TMHP, a coalition of contractors headed by ACS, carries out
the Medicaid claims payment and PCCM administrator duties for
the State of Texas, under contract with HHSC. The TMHP team
consists of ACS, MMC Group, Computer
Associates, Hewlett Packard, Public Consulting Group, Inc.,
and SBC Communications.
"We contracted with ACS to effectively and cost-efficiently
combine work previously done by two contractors," said
Rose Hayden, Chief of Staff at HHSC who had primary oversight
of the transition. "ACS and its partners successfully supported
HHSC in its efforts to ensure that during the changeover Medicaid
clients got needed services and health care professionals got
paid."
TMHP's responsibilities also include: claims processing, provider
recruitment, training and education, information technology
management, hospital audits, third-party recoveries, and call-center
support for Medicaid recipients and providers.
Texas operates the third-largest Medicaid program in the United
States. As of December 2003, the Texas Medicaid program covered
more than 2.5 million recipients in 254 Texas counties. THN,
a component of the Medicaid program, serves over 300,000 members
comprised primarily of women, children, and disabled individuals.
Texas expects to spend over $14.9 billion on the Medicaid program
during its 2004 fiscal year.
The TMHP team employs over 1,000 people at offices in Austin. |