Mercer Edges Milliman For $2 Million Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Contract To Implement Medicaid Overhaul
The Florida Current reports that Mercer Edged Milliman to get the $2 million Florida Agency for Health Care Administration contract to implement the State's Medicaid $22 billion overhaul:
AHCA signs $2 million Medicaid contract
Christine Jordan Sexton, 6/24/2011
Mercer Health & Benefits edged its only competitor and will earn $2 million to help the Agency for Health Care Administration implement a new overhaul of its $22 billion Medicaid program.
Mercer will be required to provide staffing in Tallahassee to assist the agency in securing the required federal waivers needed to implement its massive Medicaid overhaul passed by the Legislature this spring.
The contract was inked June 23 and ends June 30, 2012. It requires Mercer Health & Benefits to use the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s E-verify employment eligibility verification system to verify the legal status of anyone working on the contract. AHCA is authorized to terminate the contract if the vendor knowingly employs unauthorized aliens.
Mercer competed with Milliman Inc for the contract.
AHCA spokesperson Michelle Dahnke said there are no formal protest rights associated with the contract.
AHCA on May 23 advised representatives from about 90 companies via email that the state was soliciting quotes for the project and asked for companies to respond to the bid by June 1. Mercer and Milliman were the only companies to respond to the request for quote.
Lawmakers passed the overhaul of Medicaid this past year. The substantial plan, which will shift Medicaid patients into managed-care programs, must be approved by the federal government before it can be implemented.
Mercer will be required to provide staffing in Tallahassee to assist the agency in securing the required federal waivers needed to implement its massive Medicaid overhaul passed by the Legislature this spring.
The contract was inked June 23 and ends June 30, 2012. It requires Mercer Health & Benefits to use the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s E-verify employment eligibility verification system to verify the legal status of anyone working on the contract. AHCA is authorized to terminate the contract if the vendor knowingly employs unauthorized aliens.
Mercer competed with Milliman Inc for the contract.
AHCA spokesperson Michelle Dahnke said there are no formal protest rights associated with the contract.
AHCA on May 23 advised representatives from about 90 companies via email that the state was soliciting quotes for the project and asked for companies to respond to the bid by June 1. Mercer and Milliman were the only companies to respond to the request for quote.
Lawmakers passed the overhaul of Medicaid this past year. The substantial plan, which will shift Medicaid patients into managed-care programs, must be approved by the federal government before it can be implemented.
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