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CSC Reports First Cycle Results for North Carolina Medicaid Management Information System Program
News Release -- November 01, 2010
Under Supplemental Drug Rebate Program, the State Can Save More Than $90 Million Annually
FALLS CHURCH, Va., Nov. 1 – CSC (NYSE: CSC) announced today that the first cycle of its Supplemental Drug Rebate Program for North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) netted the state more than $2 million in savings. When fully implemented, the new program can save the state more than $90 million annually.
CSC operates both the Supplemental Drug Rebate and the Medicaid Retrospective Drug Utilization Review (RetroDUR) programs under a contract awarded to the company in 2008. The contract calls for CSC to replace the state's current Medicaid Management Information System with a new healthcare administration system that will manage other state agency health services as well.
The CSC-managed Supplemental Drug Rebate Program allows the state’s Medicaid program to obtain reduced prices for covered medications on the North Carolina Medicaid Preferred Drug List through the use of rebates. The RetroDUR program retrospectively evaluates Medicaid recipients' prescriptions to help improve the prescribing and use of appropriate and cost-effective medications. The program also enables DHHS staff to evaluate and prevent adverse drug events caused by drug-drug interactions, drug-disease interactions, therapeutic duplication, over- and under-utilization of drug therapies, and misuse of controlled substances.
“We are pleased to work with CSC and are confident that our solutions will increase Medicaid customer satisfaction and, ultimately, improve the quality of healthcare for our constituents,” said Dr. Craigan L. Gray, director of the Division of Medical Assistance for North Carolina’s DHHS.
“By providing our operational expertise and world-class information technology services for these two Medicaid programs, CSC proudly supports the state of North Carolina’s mission to protect the health and safety of all North Carolinians, as well as save the state money,” said Mike Gaffney, president of CSC's North American Public Sector Civil and Health Services Group.
About CSC
CSC is a global leader in providing technology-enabled solutions and services through three primary lines of business. These include Business Solutions and Services, the Managed Services Sector and the North American Public Sector. CSC’s advanced capabilities include system design and integration, information technology and business process outsourcing, applications software development, Web and application hosting, mission support and management consulting. The company has been recognized as a leader in the industry, including being named by FORTUNE Magazine as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies for Information Technology Services (2010). Headquartered in Falls Church, Va., CSC has approximately 95,000 employees and reported revenue of $16.2 billion for the 12 months ended July 2, 2010. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.csc.com.
