This electronic Request for Information ("eRFI") is being issued to solicit information from interested suppliers with respect to Integration Platform Maintenance and Operations for the Department of Community Health.

In 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued regulations representing a fundamental change in the way states procure, implement, and certify a Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS). The new modular approach championed by CMS involves packaging a business process or group of processes into a distinct "module" with open Application Programming Interfaces enabling interoperability with other modules. In response to these changes in federal Medicaid information technology regulations and guidance, the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH, Department) has undertaken the Medicaid Enterprise System Transformation (MEST) Program. MEST involves the deconstruction of Georgia's legacy MMIS into multiple component modules. These include the following:

-        Provider Enrollment
-        Claims Processing and Financial Management
-        Third Party Liability
-        Electronic Visit Verification
-        Pharmacy Benefit Management

These modules will integrate onto a DCH-owned, AWS Cloud-based Integration Platform (DCH IP). The DCH IP was built and is maintained by the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). GTRI provides system integration services for the MEST. In addition to the program modules, the DCH IP will integrate shared services (such as tools for change management and incident response, content management, data services, and security compliance). A number of Business Systems and trade partner systems will also interface with or integrate with the DCH IP including systems providing member data, reference data, prior authorization, healthcare facility licensure and professional licensure status, and Care Management Organization data. GTRI has provided all system integration services for the MEST project.

The MEST, once developed, will run