Accenture Public Health Platform
The Accenture Public Health Platform (APHP) is designed to help US states better adapt to the evolving Medicaid landscape, budget pressures and initiatives around health care reform. Capable of supporting claims administration across all public health programs within a state, APHP is designed to enhance administrative efficiency, improve flexibility in program management and speed deployment, thus reducing total cost of ownership.
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| Features & Benefits |
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The Accenture Public Health Platform (APHP) was designed around Medicaid's business processes from the start, in line with the Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA). It uses a true service-based architecture, integrating commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components that deliver business services specific to Medicaid. 
Implement a world-class service-oriented architecture that provides a strong foundation for the integration of health and public service applications, including the upcoming health care reform.
Quickly adapt to change by employing loosely coupled technology approaches, such as business process management, business rules/policy management and service-oriented architecture (SOA), that enable flexibility at the business level without affecting the underlying technology. 
Leverage legacy investment by connecting them to APHP, enabling a migration path for application and architecture renewal in the short term and enabling the quick delivery of critical solutions that benefit citizens.
Lower total cost of ownership with a modular and component-based SOA platform. Systems perform faster and are less costly to change and maintain. |
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| Key Components |
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Key components include:
Web User Interface
Enables most functions to be completed in a single session on a single screen.
Web Services
Allows the Department to share services and integrate without the need for custom interfaces.
Electronic Data Interface
Manages X12 and non X12 transactions for all inbound and outbound data.
Security Service Structure
Uses Microsoft Active Directory Federation to provide robust protection and control of data, in compliance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act standards, and all Departmental and Federal policies and regulations.
Business Process and Workflow Rules Engine
Routes transactions and data to the right queues.
Enterprise Reporting and Analytics
Uses Microsoft SQL Reporting Services to provide near real-time and historical data for use in standard and custom reports, easily created using the APHP Worker portal.
Out-of-the-Box Functionality
Preconfigured with Title XIX mandatory and optional benefit structures, a full set of commonly used edits, audits and other business rules and robust program, operational and service level reporting. |
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| Technology |
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In line with the principles of service-oriented architecture, the Accenture Public Health Platform (APHP) is designed with three layers: Access, Business Integration and Services, and COTS applications:
Access Layer
Provides a consistent user interface and standards-based, external Web services via the APHP Web portal. More than just a browser, it provides a better, faster way of completing business processes.
Business Integration and Services Layer
Designed in line with the Medicaid Information Technology Architecture, this layer acts as an integration engine and broker between the user interface in the Access layer and the individual component applications. It uses adapters to link component applications and business services. These adapters provide a true service orientation, decoupling applications from the business processes and enterprise services—thus ensuring that changes in commercial applications (patches, upgrades, retirement and so on) do not affect the business and access services.
COTS Application Layer
Houses components that provide business functionality. APHP unifies the service structure and each component delivers specialized business features and functions. Thanks to the service-oriented architecture, each component is independently configurable; thus changes to one component do not affect others. These components are all commercially available, mature products with road maps for upgrades and new releases. As new versions are available, they are tested, integrated, and released into APHP. |