States’ CMS certification is easier with MITA tracking tool
Given the recent requirements from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), states are under pressure to start updating their state self-assessments (SS-As). Our partner Electronic Health Resources, LLC (EHR) can help them complete that rigorous process in a way that saves time and money.
I recently caught up with Claire Bradt, Director, EHR, to learn about how EHR’s latest version of ReadyCert—which is on Microsoft Azure Government, can help state Medicaid agencies and their technology vendors with not only their SS-As, but the entire CMS certification process.
What is ReadyCert?
ReadyCert is the only tracking tool that is specifically designed to make a state’s Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA)-related tasks and CMS certification easy to understand and complete. It helps states and vendors assess Medicaid Enterprises and comply with all CMS certification activities.
ReadyCert also has the capability to assess the compliance in other Health and Human Services programs including National Human Services Interoperability Architecture (NHSIA), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA), Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH), and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) assessments. ReadyCert can actually be used for any assessment with defined requirements.
How does ReadyCert help state Medicaid agencies and their technology partners modernize Medicaid solutions and comply with MITA?
ReadyCert was developed to answer the call from state Medicaid agencies (SMAs) and technology vendors for a MITA-aligned tool for the current modular approaches to modernizing Medicaid solutions. It links the entire MITA framework to business, technical, and information architectural components—and subsequent deployed solutions.
ReadyCert supports the annual SS-A update process efforts through the CMS Medicaid Enterprise Certification Lifecycle (MECL) and the newly announced Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment Lifecycle (MEELC). ReadyCert comes configured with the MITA 3.0 framework, including the Business Process Model (BPM), Business Capability Matrix (BCM), as well as downstream elements, like the newly released Medicaid Enterprise Certification Toolkit (MECT) 2.2 and Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment Toolkit (MEET) 1.0.
What’s different about ReadyCert compared to other options?
ReadyCert makes the planning, procurement, and certification of state Medicaid enterprises a much easier proposition than it has been in the past. It drastically reduces the time and cost to conduct and maintain an SS-A.
It’s more than a spreadsheet—it’s an actual tool that allows for user roles, defined reports, analytics, and process monitoring through every step of an SS-A. And it makes the SS-A data available to all stakeholders as the Medicaid Enterprise moves from SS-A to later MECL activities—helping to increase collaboration.
How are you and your clients benefiting from ReadyCert being on Microsoft Azure Government?
We can meet the increasing and evolving needs of states across the country with the scalability of Microsoft Azure Government. It also helps us provide the cybersecurity, compliance, and reliability states need—its geo-redundant datacenters mean ReadyCert has a 99.95 percent uptime. The cost-effectiveness of the overall solution on Azure Government makes it much more accessible to all. And with cloud services, agencies can get the services they need without the overhead of maintaining infrastructure.
How can one learn more about ReadyCert?
Visit EHR’s website at www.ehr-llc.com to request a demonstration, or just contact Claire directly at cbradt@ehr-llc.com. You can also come see a demo at the Medicaid Enterprise Systems Conference, which is August 13 – 16, at EHR’s booth #66.
