As mentioned in my previous blog post, the MITA Framework Version 3.0 expanded on the definition of the State Self-Assessment or SS-A. The new and improved SS-A required a significant amount of work. State Medicaid Agencies were required to compare their business operations to the MITA business process model, identify systems and how they support [...]
Recently I found myself with some extra time to complete some reading that I haven’t had much time to do since going back to school a couple of years ago. I was reading through the Walter Issacson biography on Steve Jobs and Bryce G. Hoffman’s biography on Alan Mulally and The Ford Motor Company. I [...]
What brings you joy? That’s a great question, my family and accomplishing the things that I set out to do. What are you most afraid of? Failure, that I won’t do well – in my job and won’t perform as well as I want to or hit my goals. Financially failing. What would you like [...]
During the mid-2000s, the federal government made numerous legislative changes that impacted and shaped the direction of the Medicaid program including (but not limited to): the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA), the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), the Patient Protection and [...]
I have always wanted to visit the Canary Islands and more especially Fuerteventura. My family has visited the island several times and they have always thoroughly enjoyed it but my schedule never coincided with their trips. This year, however, was different. Thanks to the 2018 new netlogx post card initiative to celebrate the company’s 20th [...]
Free Listening: During the 2016 Democratic National Convention, I stood near the CNN media tent with a decorated poster board proclaiming “Free Listening”. I was volunteering for a movement, which believes that all people just want to be respectfully heard, regardless of their opinions. So that’s what I did. I just stood there and listened [...]
Chapter 2: MITA 2.0 and BH MITA The Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA) Framework has evolved since its initial inception and so has the Medicaid Enterprise. I have worked in multiple states and can see how Medicaid differed from state to state. But I have also seen the many similarities. A few years after the [...]
Every year in February I am aware of black history month and assume it is an opportunity to learn more about the history of African-American heritage in our country, but given the current racial tension which is still very real in this country, as a white American, what am I called to do during this [...]
February 2nd is National Wear Red Day. This is an annual event created by the American Heart Association (AHA) to raise awareness for heart disease in women. It typically kicks off a month of awareness activities that culminate in Go Red for Women Luncheons around the country in late February to raise funds to promote [...]
Working remotely has its advantages. My daily commute has gone from over an hour to less than a minute. It’s exactly twelve steps from my front door to my office. I can get there in no time at all, even when the weather’s bad. But in some ways, I miss that daily commute. It was [...]
