IT: EDS wins $73M Oregon Medicaid deal

Electronic Data Systems has signed a $73 million deal with the state of Oregon to develop and implement a new Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS). The seven-year contract includes three one-year options. Over the past year, EDS has won similar contracts from Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Wisconsin. The Oregon system will be a modified version of the InterChange Medicaid system, which EDS has already deployed in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Kansas. The Oregon Medicaid program provides healthcare to 600,000 people. It is estimated that the system process 25 million transactions per year.

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