Billing and Collections
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ODJFS MITS to go Live August 2
April 8, 2011:
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) will launch its new Medicaid Information Technology System (MITS) Aug. 2 . MITS is a comprehensive software upgrade to the state Medicaid eligibility and claims processing systems that will have wide ranging effects on how ODJFS edits and pays fee-for-service Medicaid bills, including on-line, real time bill review, editing and adjustments. MITS will not affect Medicaid managed care bill processing.
Delayed since November, ODJFS reports tests are now showing consistent results on a set of comparative readiness criteria, so it is planing to go live with the new system Aug. 2. ODJFS has a MITS webpage with additional information and links to updates and newsletters. The department has also prepared a list of tasks providers should check and an outlibne of important MITS transition dates as part of their conversion planning. ODJFS will continue training sessions across the state in July.
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