Maryland Medicaid System Upgrade Oversight with IV&V Services

SLI Government Solutions is providing Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) consulting services to ensure the quality and success of the Maryland MMIS Modular Transformation (MMT) Project for the Maryland Department of Health (MDH).

This Health & Human Services MMT Project will be upgrading the Medicaid Management Information system (MMIS). The project was initiated to move the Medicaid System from a monolithic to modular. The IV&V was awarded to SLI Government Solutions to perform oversight throughout the upgrade.

SLI is conducting the IV&V work in two part:

• PART 1 – SNAPSHOT – SLI’s work starts with the IV&V Project Kick-off Meeting and concludes when the Final Baseline Findings Report is delivered, and a presentation is made to the Agency. SLI conducts interviews, reviews documents, and analyzes the project in accordance with the Agency’s defined IV&V Objectives.
• PART 2 – ONGOING – During this phase, SLI reviews and evaluates all aspects of the project and specifically, Customer Relationship Management System (CRM), Medicaid Data Warehouse and Decision Support System, and Pharmacy Point-of-Sale Electronic Claims Management Services initial modules; provide analysis, feedback, and suggested improvements to ensure the quality and success of the project.

Unique to SLI Government Solutions is the proprietary ISO 9001:2015 certified Quality Management, Methods, and Models (SQM³) methodology and decades of health and human services experience to help ensure accuracy and overall best practices in transitions such as the Maryland MTT Project.

Scope of Service:

• Confirming and documenting the relevant MMT Project and Federal project objectives
• Documenting and reaching an agreement for IV&V review standards
• Tailoring procurement checklist(s) to ensure that the IV&V procurement review standards are incorporated.
• Confirming the project procurement strategy is consistent with the IV&V procurement review standards.
• Reviewing all proposals and contracts to ensuring the combined objectives are met and providing recommendations
• Verifying the evaluation criteria and the obligations of the vendor, sub-contractors, and external staff