CNSI’s technology enables automated, near real-time claims processing, reduces administrative cost, and ensures community providers are paid in a timely manner to support our veterans

McLean, VA – May 27, 2021 – CNSI, a leading business solutions provider in developing and delivering innovative healthcare technology and management solutions, announced today that its Electronic Claims Administration Management System (eCAMS HCE™) technology was awarded a 2021 FedHealthIT Innovation Award.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Financial Services Center (FSC) needed to update their administrative support services, which are used to process, adjudicate, and prepare healthcare claims for payment. This project included replacing the legacy system with a centralized processing system and migrating all existing and potential customers. The agency evaluated and selected CNSI’s standards-based, configurable platform to increase processing capacity, efficiency, and accuracy. The system went live in December of 2019.

eCAMS HCE features an innovative processing engine that accepts electronic claim submission, produces near real-time results and eliminates manual intervention, thereby providing automated, rapid processing for faster payment and at a lower cost. In addition, eCAMS HCE accommodates changing policies and business rules for the VA health program while implementing pricing logic in a configurable rules engine. As a result, the VA now has a system that is highly scalable to meet the growing need of health services for veterans.

The FedHealthIT Innovation Award recognizes and honors the federal health technology and consulting community by celebrating programs nominated and selected by their peers for driving innovation and results across the Department of Veterans Affairs, Military Health, Health and Human Services, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

“We are honored to support the VA, and by extension, our veterans,” said Todd Stottlemyer, CEO, CNSI. “We look forward to our continued partnership with the VA in support of the MISSION Act, giving veterans greater access to healthcare in VA facilities and the community, expanding benefits for caregivers, and improving VA’s ability to recruit and retain the best medical providers.”

For a complete list of winners, click here.

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CNSI MEDIA CONTACT:
Kelly Schlageter
CNSI
703-214-3364
kelly.schlageter@cns-inc.com 

About CNSI

CNSI delivers a broad range of health information technology enterprise solutions and customizable products to a diverse base of state and federal agencies and commercial clients. We align, build, and manage innovative, high-quality, cost-effective solutions that help clients achieve their mission, enhance business performance, reduce costs, and improve the health for over 51 million Americans. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, CNSI employs a world-class team of technologists, program managers, and subject matter experts, with large scale mission-critical information technology implementation experience. CNSI’s website is: http://www.cns-inc.com.

McLean, VA – May 20, 2021 – CNSI, a leading provider of innovative, healthcare technology-enabled products and solutions that improve health outcomes and reduce healthcare costs, announced today that Washington and Michigan have selected CNSI’s Interoperability Solution to meet the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) mandate to provide beneficiaries portable access to their health information and payer data following the HL7®FHIR® standard for the electronic exchange of healthcare information. This CMS mandate is a significant step toward empowering individuals to securely access their health data and make more informed health and healthcare choices. Both states already use CNSI’s Medicaid Management Information System for claims processing and provider enrollment.

Washington and Michigan’s selection of CNSI’s Interoperability Solution is an extension of strong partnerships to provide healthcare to the most vulnerable populations in their states. The solution helps payers meet CMS Final rule 9115-F requirements by making claims, encounters and provider directory data available via a secure API, while utilizing HL7® FHIR®, USCDI standards, and CMS recommended CARIN IG for Blue Button® and Da Vinci PDEX Plan Net implementation guides. CNSI’s Interoperability Solution leverages pre-built components to meet the mandated CMS timelines. It also improves the patient experience by presenting longitudinal, individual health records based on payer claims and demographics.

According to Jason Werner, Manager, Medicaid EHR Incentive Program at State of Michigan, “Implementation of these rules is a natural evolution of all the hard work we have put into building out our MMIS system (CHAMPS) and statewide HIE infrastructure over the past 10 plus years. Medicaid Beneficiaries are the real winners in all this as they will have access to their health information when they need it most and in a way they can best use it.”

“Washington is pleased to be able to give our clients access to their own health care data and allow them to share it with their care team to improve the coordination of their care,” said Christine Nolan, Washington Health Care Authority, Deputy Chief Information Officer – Medicaid Services. “This new development will enable the ProviderOne system to comply with CMS’ patient access interoperability rules, furthering our vision of a healthier Washington.”

“Consumers should have real-time access to all their health records and data, and CNSI is proud to be such an integral part of ensuring this reality for Medicaid beneficiaries in Michigan and Washington,” said Todd Stottlemyer, CNSI CEO. “We look forward to partnering with other states across the country as they work to actively engage consumers in their healthcare, provide greater transparency, and improve health outcomes.”

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CNSI MEDIA CONTACT:
Kelly Schlageter
CNSI
703-214-3364
kelly.schlageter@cns-inc.com 

About CNSI

CNSI delivers a broad range of health information technology enterprise solutions and customizable products to a diverse base of state and federal agencies and commercial clients. We align, build, and manage innovative, high-quality, cost-effective solutions that help clients achieve their mission, enhance business performance, reduce costs, and improve the health for over 50 million Americans. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, CNSI employs a world-class team of technologists, program managers, and subject matter experts with large scale mission-critical information technology implementation experience. CNSI’s website is: http://www.cns-inc.com.

Each year in the U.S., May 6-12 is set aside as Nurses Week, an opportunity to recognize a profession marked by selfless caregiving and compassion.

Following more than a year of a pandemic that has challenged healthcare workers  around the world, CNSI Gives Back wants to show our gratitude to nurses in the U.S. and India in honor of Nurses Week 2021. Over the next few weeks, we will be delivering catered lunches or lunch gift cards to nurses at U.S. clinics that provide free- and reduced-cost care to Medicaid beneficiaries in the communities our clients serve. In India, we will be providing individual COVID Care packages at the request of Thuvakkam NGO for hospital-based nurses who serve the community where half of our workforce is based. Each package contains hand sanitizer, mask extender straps, a tea mug, snacks, and a note pad and pen.

About CNSI

CNSI delivers a broad range of health information technology enterprise solutions and customizable products to a diverse base of state and federal agencies and commercial clients. We align, build, and manage innovative, high-quality, cost-effective solutions that help clients achieve their mission, enhance business performance, reduce costs, and improve the health for over 50 million Americans. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, CNSI employs a world-class team of technologists, program managers, and subject matter experts, all of whom have experience with large scale mission-critical information technology implementations. CNSI’s website is: http://www.cns-inc.com.

McLean, VA – May 6, 2021 – CNSI, a leading provider of innovative, healthcare technology-driven products and solutions that improve health outcomes and reduce healthcare costs, announced today that Verlon Johnson, Senior Vice President for Corporate Strategy, has been appointed by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to a three-year term as a Commissioner to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC).  

 The 17-member MACPAC was established in 2009 as a non-partisan advisory commission to advise Congress on issues related to Medicaid and CHIP policies on access and payment. The Commission meets seven times annually to review data, make recommendations, and bring “their professional and personal experiences related to health care for low-income individuals, rather than as representatives of specific fields, associations, or organizations.” 

“I am passionate about Medicaid and enjoy my role at CNSI in working to help states leverage technology driven products and solutions to improve health outcomes and reduce healthcare costs,” Johnson shared. “Serving as a MACPAC commissioner and humbly offering my expertise and experience to our policy makers and implementers gives me an even greater opportunity to make a positive impact on a program I love.” 

Johnson’s three-year term will run through April of 2024. 

CNSI CONTACT: Kelly Schlageter 

571-241-6342 

McLean, VA—April 22, 2021 – CNSI, a leading business solutions provider in developing innovative health information technology solutions, announced today a $5,000 donation in food and face masks to seven food banks nationwide where its offices are located. The donations serve as the kick-off to “CNSI Gives Back,” the company’s new approach to aligning its volunteer and philanthropy efforts with causes that embody its mission and values.

Since the company’s founding in 1994, CNSI has enjoyed a strong history of giving back to the communities where its employees live and work, both in the U.S. and in India. With nearly 1,300 employees worldwide, the company seeks to have an even greater impact in supporting causes and organizations that align with its value to support improved health and well-being for vulnerable populations and serve the local communities where its offices are located. Under CNSI Gives Back, the company will focus its time, talent, and finances to positively impact the social determinants of health (SDOH) that lead to healthier communities and equitable access to quality healthcare.

“As a company whose very mission is to create technologies that support the health and well-being of individuals and families, many who receive Medicaid benefits, we believe in doing our part to support our communities and promote health access for all,” said CNSI CEO Todd Stottlemyer. “Over the past year, we’ve seen how the COVID-19 pandemic underscored disparities in health access and led to even greater need among the populations our clients serve. Through CNSI Gives Back, we hope to raise awareness around a more inclusive approach to health for all.”

Items included in the $5,000 donation to the food banks were based on items requested to meet the needs of each organization’s community. The seven food banks that received donations include:

• Mary’s Food Bank – Phoenix, AZ
• Capital Area Food Bank – DC, MD and VA
• Second Harvest of the Big Bend – Tallahassee, FL
• Greater Lansing Food Bank – Lansing, MI
• Utah Food Bank – Salt Lake City, UT
• Thurston County Food Bank – Lacey, WA
• Needs Inc. – Cheyenne, WY

CNSI’s recent food bank donation follows a company/employee matching campaign in December that raised $75,000 to support food banks in the U.S.

McLean, VA – April 21, 2021 – CNSI, a leader in developing and delivering innovative health information technology solutions, announced today it was awarded a sub-contract position with Aptive Resources on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation (T4NG) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. T4NG is the next generation of VA’s original T4 program with an award ceiling of $22.3 billion. The contract vehicle is designed to meet VA’s long-term technology needs by procuring services for a broad landscape in the IT field including DevSecOps, enterprise engineering, cybersecurity and health IT.

“We are excited to extend our existing trusted partnership with the VA,” said Todd Stottlemyer, CEO, CNSI. “Our position as a sub-contractor with Aptive allows both organizations to bring their best products and innovations to improve the health of veterans and their families across the United States. We are proud to be a part of this work.”

CNSI currently provides the VA’s Financial Services Center (FSC) with its Electronic Claims Administration Management System (eCAMS) HCE (TM) for claims auto-adjudication for the Office of Community Care. eCAMS played a key role in supporting the VA’s MISSION Act, giving Veterans better access and more healthcare choices. The system is designed to scale up to 125,000 claims daily and up to 30 million claims annually. This increased capacity, timeliness, and accuracy enables automated, near real-time processing, reduces administrative cost, and ensures community providers are paid in a timely manner to support our veterans.

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CNSI MEDIA CONTACT:
Kelly Schlageter
CNSI
703-214-3364
kelly.schlageter@cns-inc.com 

About CNSI

CNSI is an industry leader in developing, implementing and operating cutting-edge technological solutions that modernize state Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS). We were the first in the nation to implement a web-centric MMIS and an integrated social services provider enrollment system. CNSI continues to address the many challenges that exist in the state Medicaid landscape, including the highly impactful opioid epidemic and the ever-evolving question of modularity. CNSI’s system is the only cloud-based, modular MMIS, enabling us to adapt deployed technology’s rules engines to an evolving regulatory environment faster than non-cloud-enabled competitors.

About T4NG

The T4NG contract awards support the Department’s MyVA transformation effort, improving the way VA serves Veterans.

Multi-state procurement evaluators award CNSI the highest weighted score for Medicaid claims processing and business services.

McLean, VA – March 16, 2021 – CNSI, a leader in developing and delivering innovative health information technology products and solutions, announced today that it received the top overall score in the 2020 NASPO ValuePoint™ multi-state evaluation of Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) Claims Processing and Management Services. CNSI had the highest composite proposal and demonstration scores, and the top overall weighted score. As a result of CNSI’s performance, states and territories can now procure CNSI’s solutions through NASPO ValuePoint, including Medicaid claims processing and provider enrollment solutions and related business and technology solutions and services, encompassing call centers, cloud hosting, financial management services, business operations, data analytics, and federal reporting.

“Our Lead State Model™, that is supported by a multi-state Sourcing Team, allows us to leverage the expertise and buying power of multiple states to deliver the highest standard of excellence in government procurement. As NASPO ValuePoint continues to make inroads into the world of Medicaid Management Information Services for the benefit of our member states, we’d like to recognize that CNSI has been added to the newest suite of ValuePoint Master Agreements in this complex and challenging area,” said Sarah Hilderbrand, COO at NASPO ValuePoint. “Our nationwide procurement solutions result in best value cooperative contracts that can be utilized by all states, cities, counties, special districts, community colleges, and universities.”

“We anticipate 90% of future state Medicaid modernization procurements will leverage NASPO ValuePoint’s cooperative contracting model, since the proposals, tiered pricing, and multi-state evaluations are completed and publicly available for any interested state,” said Todd Stottlemyer, CEO of CNSI. “This relieves a significant burden on a state’s Medicaid program and procurement staff and saves substantial time and money.”

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reviewed and approved the NASPO ValuePoint MMIS master agreements in this evaluation, since they are a significant funder of Medicaid technology modernization initiatives for states. CMS continues to emphasize the importance of modular and highly configurable technology solutions, which is at the core of CNSI’s evoBRIX X™ platform.

Stottlemyer added, “I’m extremely proud of the work CNSI has done to create a flexible and scalable modular platform that supports mission critical state Medicaid programs. CNSI’s configurable evoBRIX X platform allowed our state clients in 2020 to quickly use new COVID-19 testing codes and eligibility groups, getting critical funds to healthcare providers. We’re pleased to combine the validation of this NASPO ValuePoint award with our long history of results for individuals, families, providers, and the government agencies behind them.”

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CNSI MEDIA CONTACT:
Kelly Schlageter
CNSI
703-214-3364
kelly.schlageter@cns-inc.com

NASPO MEDIA CONTACT:
Kelly McKown-King
kmking@naspo.org

About CNSI
CNSI is an industry leader in developing, implementing and operating cutting-edge technological solutions that modernize state Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS). We were the first in the nation to implement a web-centric MMIS and an integrated social services provider enrollment system. CNSI continues to address the many challenges that exist in the state Medicaid landscape, including the highly impactful opioid epidemic and the ever-evolving question of modularity. CNSI’s system is the only cloud-based, modular MMIS, enabling us to adapt deployed technology’s rules engines to an evolving regulatory environment faster than non-cloud-enabled competitors.

About NASPO and NASPO ValuePoint
The National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) is a non-profit association dedicated to advancing public procurement through leadership, excellence, and integrity. It is made up of the directors of the central purchasing offices in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States. NASPO is an organization that helps its members as public procurement leaders by promoting best practices, education, professional development, research, and innovative procurement strategies. Learn more at www.naspo.org.

NASPO ValuePoint is the cooperative purchasing division of the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO), facilitating cooperative public procurement solicitations using a Lead State model. NASPO ValuePoint delivers high value, reliable, and competitively sourced cooperative contracts—offering public entities outstanding prices, favorable terms and conditions, and value-added services. Learn more at www.naspovaluepoint.org.

NASPO™, NASPO ValuePoint™, and Lead State Model™ are trademarks of the National Association of State Procurement Officials.

CNSI is celebrating Black History Month with the help of our new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Council. This group identifies and communicates the myriad ways we can acknowledge and celebrate our differences and create a culture where we all feel included. History is filled with people from all different economic backgrounds, ethnicities, and cultures who have contributed to making our world a better place. Those contributions impact our lives in a variety of ways, from the food we eat, to the sports we watch, the books we read, the music we listen to and the COVID vaccines we will hopefully all get very soon!

Black Americans have played a critical role in helping to advance America’s business, political and cultural landscape into what it is today. Instead of focusing exclusively on well-known Black history makers, such as Harriett Tubman, Frederick Douglass and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., CNSI is also celebrating modern day Black American leaders, scientists, authors, filmmakers, and chefs. We are collecting stories of Black excellence and influence from the CNSI global team and sharing them on our #ONECNSI employee communication platform.

CNSI celebrates holidays and observance months in the U.S. and India because we believe continued education leads to better understanding and deeper connections with one another. In that spirit of connection and celebration, CNSI’s CEO, Todd Stottlemyer, issued the following statement:

At CNSI, we fully embrace differences in race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, and ability as central to our core values. We seek to educate and celebrate how our differences unite us and make us individually better and collectively stronger as a company. Diversity and inclusion power our healthcare technology innovation and inspire us to develop the best products and solutions. We are better as a company when the people we employ reflect our clients and the people they serve.

We at CNSI invite you to observe, celebrate, and learn more about the contributions of Black Americans.

Washington State, CMS Approve Five-year Extension of CNSI Contract

McLean, VA – February 25, 2021 – CNSI, a leading Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) provider with extensive experience delivering innovative healthcare technology and management solutions, announced today that the Washington State Health Care Authority has extended its ProviderOne MMIS contract with the company through June 2026.

The Washington State Health Care Authority signed the five-year extension to continue its partnership with CNSI and the ProviderOne system, a modular and scalable system that supports the state’s payment of providers on behalf of Medicaid beneficiaries.

CNSI developed the Washington State Health Care Authority’s modular ProviderOne Medicaid system to be a strategic and scalable asset. The system’s capability has expanded over the years to encompass claims for care provided in multiple settings, including medical, long-term care, behavioral health, foster care, state corrections, and social services. During 2020, the ProviderOne system’s configurability and flexibility allowed the state to respond swiftly to meet new requirements and rule changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Washington State Health Care Authority is a national leader in supporting modular systems and innovation. Modularity, a concept promoted by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), helps states avoid large-scale systems implementations, and their inherent risk, in favor of smaller, more manageable implementations of discrete modules.

As part of its partnership with the Washington State Health Care Authority, CNSI has developed innovative solutions that advance interoperability, data sharing, and public cloud hosted services. In 2018, CNSI successfully migrated the ProviderOne system to the secure AWS public cloud, the first MMIS in the country to migrate to a secure public cloud.

“Earning this five-year extension from the Washington State Health Care Authority is great recognition of the caliber of our work and our successful partnership over the past 10 years. Importantly, it speaks to our desire to be recognized by our clients as a true trusted partner,” said CNSI CEO Todd Stottlemyer. “We look forward to continuing to support the Washington State Health Care Authority and all Washingtonians as we work together to leverage emerging solutions to better align human services and help address the broad range of health equity issues.”

Cathie Ott, Washington State Health Care Authority’s IT Strategic Advisor, said, “This new agreement lays the groundwork to accomplish the Washington State Health Care Authority’s priorities for enhanced modularity and increased interoperability that gives patients access to their health information and improves outcomes across the healthcare community.”

About CNSI

CNSI is an industry leader in developing, implementing and operating cutting-edge technological solutions that modernize state Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS). We were the first in the nation to implement a web-centric MMIS and an integrated social services provider enrollment system. CNSI continues to address the many challenges that exist in the state Medicaid landscape, including the highly-impactful opioid epidemic and the ever-evolving question of modularity.

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MEDIA CONTACTS:

Kelly Schlageter
CNSI
703-214-3364
kelly.schlageter@cns-inc.com

CNSI Gives Back to Stamp Out Hunger
Corporate and Employee Donations to Local Food Banks Total $75,000

McLean, VA – December 21, 2020 – CNSI, a leading business solutions provider in developing and delivering innovative health information technology solutions, announced today that it has donated a combined total of $75,000 to local food banks in cities across the United States as part of an employee matching campaign. The 10-day campaign generated more than $25,000 in employee contributions to local food banks of their choosing, and CNSI matched those contributions $2 for $1, contributing $50,000.

While employees donated to many food banks and pantries across the country, CNSI is concentrating its match in cities where our offices are located, with donations supporting the following food banks:

• Capital Area Food Bank in the Washington, D.C. region
• Greater Lansing Food Bank in Lansing, MI
• Utah Food Bank in Salt Lake City, UT
• Northwest Harvest with regional distribution centers across Washington State
• Needs, Inc. in Cheyenne, WY
• Second Harvest of the Big Bend in Tallahassee, FL
• Mary’s Food Bank in Phoenix, AZ

“Our mission is to help our clients improve the health and well-being of individuals and families,” said Todd Stottlemyer, CEO, CNSI. “In our day-to-day work, we do that through transformative technology-enabled solutions. But in living out our core values, we believe in the importance of serving the local communities where we live and work. I am very proud of our team’s commitment to serving our most vulnerable populations.”

About CNSI

CNSI delivers a broad range of health information technology enterprise solutions and customizable products to a diverse base of state and federal agencies and commercial clients. We align, build, and manage innovative, high-quality, cost-effective solutions that help clients achieve their mission, enhance business performance, reduce costs, and improve the health for over 50 million Americans. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, CNSI employs a world-class team of technologists, program managers, and subject matter experts, all of whom have experience with large scale mission-critical information technology implementations. CNSI’s website is: http://www.cns-inc.com.

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MEDIA CONTACTS:

Kelly Schlageter
CNSI
703-214-3364
kelly.schlageter@cns-inc.com