Jason Helgerson’s tenure as Medicaid Director of New York State ended last Friday, after more than seven years in the position. In an article posted on HealthAffairs.org, Helgerson discussed the current state of Medicaid, along with the five most important lessons he learned while Medicaid…
In a recent MIS Alternatives Analysis Study presented at the 2017 NWA WIC Technology Conference, local agency staff was asked to evaluate five WIC MIS Systems, including HANDS. Staff comprised those who worked at local agencies, including nutritionists, technicians, and administrative staff. The process allowed…
Long-time Executive Vice President, Ken Romanski, has been promoted to President of CMA. In a statement announcing the promotion, CMA Founder and CEO Kay Stafford said: Ken Romanski is one of CMA’s longest-tenured employees. He was there at the beginning helping to chase deals, serve our…
Building the right data analytics solution for your business can really pay off, but it requires consideration and planning to build a strong, yet flexible platform. You want data analytics that not only answer your first set of questions, but also the questions you haven’t…
The claims of using Big Data to inform business decisions are well lauded. Frequently touted advantages and benefits include uncovering unexpected patterns and insights, improving the ability to make predictions, and creating a sturdy foundation for quantitative analysis and fact-based management. But the upfront investment…
CMA Founder and CEO Kay Stafford was recently honored by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for her generosity to various hospital departments for cancer research. CMA provided the endowment to fund the Leslie B. Tyson Endowment for Nursing Research, which provides seed grants on a…
DART Supports Oracle to Hive Loads DART (Data at Rapid Transport, Patent Pending), is data transport optimization, designed to save time and money, and efficiently accelerate your work with Big Data. DART 5.0 is the fastest software on the market today to achieve effortless movement…
Last week, representatives from CMA attended the annual Medicaid Enterprise Systems Conference (MESC) in Baltimore, Maryland. The conference, which has been held annually since the 1990’s, was attended by over 1500 people.. These individuals represented many states, the federal government, and companies in the private…
A new Governing Institute case study has been published, “New York Uses Data to Transform Healthcare Delivery,” which describes how CMA’s industrial-strength data warehouse provides the enriched data insights needed to improve Medicaid patient care. There are six million eligible Medicaid recipients in the state…
Arizona Business Daily recently featured CMA’s work launching eWIC and rolling out EBT compliance into HANDS, two and a half years ahead of the federal mandate. Arizona WIC families and retailers will see improvements in convenience, accuracy and speed when the program integrates electronic benefits…
