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Department seeks dedicated procurement team for anticipated Medicaid managed-care contracting
Summary
Department of Administration leaders told JFAC they want three procurement staff and ongoing contract-management capacity to support a large Medicaid managed-care solicitation and follow-on contract oversight; the MMIS implementation remains delayed by litigation.
During the budget hearing, Director Steve Bailey described a near-term need for dedicated procurement staff to handle complex Medicaid contracting and ongoing contract management.
Bailey said the department requests three dedicated positions and about $390,100 from dedicated funds to manage Medicaid procurement and contract oversight, including a bureau chief and two senior management analysts. "Those personnel will be assigned 100% to Medicaid," Bailey said, explaining that the work involves complex solicitations and ongoing contract…
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