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Supporting state agencies with Medicaid unwinding outreach: Creating a multi-lingual two-way messaging system

AWS Public Sector Blog

During the COVID-19 public health emergency, a continuous coverage requirement was put in place for Medicaid beneficiaries, meaning millions were automatically reenrolled in healthcare coverage without needing to renew eligibility. An example of the reporting dashboard in QuickSight showing metrics on engagement and response rates.

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Automatically extracting email attachment data to reduce costs and save time for local public health departments

AWS Public Sector Blog

Local public health departments must notify public health agencies, like state health departments or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), of reportable conditions. This data is then transmitted to the public health agency for compliance with reporting requirements.

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Creating agentless outbound campaigns to support Medicaid unwinding efforts

AWS Public Sector Blog

The top four concerns that SMAs have shared are outreach and engagement, staffing shortages, returned mail, and reporting capabilities. With SMAs contacting all their members, contact centers must scale to meet increased demand—however, staffing shortages can make this outreach and call support difficult. At least 4.5

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Automating returned mail to keep members enrolled during Medicaid unwinding

AWS Public Sector Blog

As the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) begins to wind down, starting April 1, 2023, state Medicaid agencies (SMAs) will have one year to “unwind” temporary COVID-era changes and return to pre-pandemic ways of working. Business level architecture for returned mail processing and constituent outreach 1.

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Unhoused individuals gain shelter, prove their identity using AWS-powered solution Kiip

AWS Public Sector Blog

The issue of document access and related administrative burdens is so ubiquitous that public health researchers have published papers about the detrimental impact a lack of identification has on those experiencing homelessness. HOPICS was founded by Mike Neely 35 years ago , when he was a homeless veteran sleeping on Skid Row.

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Talk in Plain Language

GovLoop

I have to understand how our sheriff’s office operates and what their unique constraints and requirements are vs. that of the court vs. that of animal care and control vs. that of public health,” he said. Technology always gets a spotlight,” but communication is just as important.

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New Mexico delivers customer-obsessed human services programs powered by AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Then, with the time they saved managing numbers, they turned their attention to new outreach channels: chat, text, and email. What we have to communicate is life-saving information. After implementing their new contact center, they consolidated 150 phone numbers into two—one for customers, one for providers.