My daily visit to BoingBoing caused me to do a double-take today when I saw a post entitled “American health care UI: snapshot” showing a screenshot from a computer system used at my workplace.
If I’m not mistaken, that’s a screenshot from MMIS, a system that the Minnesota Department of Human Services uses to process claims from thousands of Medicaid providers (doctors, hospitals, etc.). The post refers to it as a “‘throwback’ system that hasn’t really been overhauled for a few years.” Actually, MMIS has been around for almost 20 years and it certainly won’t win any awards for prettiest user interface. That said, this system enables Minnesota to process Medicaid claims much more quickly than a lot of other states. I’d be surprised if the claims processing systems for private insurers like Medica or Ucare look much different.
