"We are pleased Maine is now among the growing number of states that have selected Unisys to help them effectively manage their Medicaid programs with solutions that promote rapid policy implementation and informed decision making," said Greg Baroni, president, Unisys Federal Systems. "Unisys is excited about this opportunity to assist Maine's efforts to integrate systems, operations and healthcare management processes into one solution to operate the MaineCare program."

Unisys will provide its Health PAS solution, a multi-payer healthcare administration system and federally certified MMIS solution made up of applications customized and integrated to form a comprehensive health information management solution. Health PAS is designed to enable Maine DHHS to efficiently accommodate program and policy changes, meet new federal Medicaid reform standards and enhance service to Medicaid recipients while helping to control costs, Baroni said.

The MMIS will including features such as a Web browser user interface; modeling capability to help the state evaluate the impact of policy and benefit changes and compare them to existing programs; managed care functionality; and primary care case management models.