The Illinois Healthcare and Human Services Framework is a multi-agency collaborative that coordinates the use of technology and shared data across Illinois’ more than 60 federally-funded healthcare and human services programs. In 2013, after CMS announced a 90% federal Medicaid matching rate for eligibility and enrollment systems modernization, Illinois launched an initiative to develop an enterprise-wide Advanced Planning Document (APD) to obtain enhanced funding for the Framework planning project.
Funding for HHS Enterprise Framework
Illinois selected CSG to build an enterprise-wide business case for enhanced federal funding for the Framework planning efforts. CSG assessed the entire HHS enterprise, reviewing and linking current program APDs and funding, identifying relationships, streamlining related processes, and validating cost allocations. CSG combined these findings to develop an updated Enterprise Planning APD for the Framework, outlining the benefits and efficiencies the Medicaid program gains through interoperable HHS programs. CSG also facilitated meetings with CMS, ACF, and FNS to review the State’s enterprise APD submission, and supported Illinois leadership in addressing federal reviewers’ questions in order to receive the enhanced funding approval by CMS for the Framework.
