Why are we replacing the current Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS)?
The DHS MMIS contains 30-year-old technology that is extremely out-of-date, and in need of replacement. The system cannot handle the state’s current needs of processing payments to approximately 31,000 health care providers and tracking the medical eligibility of about 600,000 Oregonians. The legacy system was designed to handle about 260,000 claims per month; it is now processing over 2 million claims monthly. Because the system is so overworked, it has become difficult to maintain and is incapable of being expanded to meet future needs.
