Part 4 - Iowa Medicaid Enterprise

RFP MED-12-001 | Technical ProposalIowa Medicaid Enterprise System Service Procurement | MMIS and Core MMIS Operationsphase and submit them to the Department for review and approval prior to the beginning of each phase.We will also provide annual updates to each of the plans and understand that if the Department finds anystaffing deficient, that we will revise the plan within 15 days and employ any required additional staff atno cost to the Department.Staff Management ToolsTeam Noridian will use the following tools for staff management activities:• Microsoft Project for development of WBS, schedules, and allocating resources• Measure, Monitor, and Enforce (MME) system which is used to monitor employee, subcontractor,and unit quality, timeliness, and performance• Deltek Electronic Timesheets used for employees to record their hours• Earned value method to track progress and measure completeness of schedule driven tasks such asdeliverables or milestones• Brainshark as our learning management system used to develop knowledge transfer materialsand conduct training8.2.7.7.7 Applications Implementation PlanRFP Section 6.2.3.7.7One of the key tenets from our iVision360 methodology is that we provide proven standards, procedures,artifacts, and best practices from our previous implementations which can be leveraged on newimplementations. Our iVision360 methodology was built to provide an integrated engineering effort tomeet cost, schedule, and technical objectives of our customer. Team Noridian's ApplicationImplementation Plan will document our iVision360 ISDM and other RFP required information to fullycommunicate our approach to implementing the system.8.2.7.7.8 Interface PlanRFP Section 6.2.3.7.8Our approach to interface management incorporates the two key concepts of reusability and singularity.Team Noridian employs the concept of reusability to interface management in the following ways:• Pre-Built MMIS Interfaces. Base on Team Noridian's experience implementing new MMISs forother state Medicaid enterprises, the new MMIS has an extensive library of pre-built interfaces, whichare maintained in the eCAMS Interface Specifications Repository (ISR). These pre-built interfacescan be easily reused and quickly implemented. The benefits to the The Department benefits byreducing implementation time, costs, and risk. In the event a pre-built interface becomes obsolete dueto an external system change or requires a substantial modification, the interface will be built as aservice within EXACT.• Interfaces as Services. New interfaces built for Team Noridian's new MMIS will be built in EXACTas services and published to the EXACT Service Registry. The EXACT Service Registry uses theUniversal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) standard to register services and make themdiscoverable and available to service consumers for reuse. As with the eCAMS pre-built interfaces,future reuse of these new interfaces can save money and reduce the cost and risk associated withbuilding and deploying new interfaces.• Repeatable Processes. Team Noridian's new MMIS distinguishes itself by using the EXACT SOAinfrastructure framework for it integration platform rather than a mere Enterprise Service Bus (ESB).EACT brings the extra value of pre-built services that help accelerate the process of developing anddeploying new services. For example, EXACT not only includes a BPEL/BPMN engine in itstechnology stack but it also includes Orchestration services which helps eliminates repetitive steps inbuilding business processes such as the interface Definitions. The Orchestration services can bereused and refined to greatly reduce the time and cost associated with building numerous interfaces.8 | 28