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Affiliated Computer Services (ACS; Dallas) reported a contract renewal with the Missouri HealthNet Division (MO; Jefferson City, Missouri) to provide electronic health records and pharmacy benefits management solutions. The contract has a length of up to 10 years and a total value of $57 million if all option years are exercised.

ACS will provide the state with several components of ACS electronic health records (EHR) solution, including SmartPA for conducting automated prior authorizations and Prospective Drug Utilization Review. Since 2002, the company said that SmartPA has helped contribute more than $85 million in program savings annually in Missouri.

ACS has also provided MO HealthNet with Retrospective Drug Utilization review and academic detailing programs that have enabled the state to save more than $10 million. In 2002, ACS introduced the Get Well program, a disease management program, which helped the state save more than $7 million.

This contract renewal extends a relationship that began in 2001.

ACS will also deploy EHR web tools DirectInform, CyberAccess and DirectCarePro that enable patients, physicians, and pharmacists to access information that will help MO HealthNet Division improve health outcomes, facilitate coordination of care between providers, reduce dangerous drug interactions, minimize duplicate therapies, and reduce unnecessary costs. ACS will also provide Retrospective Drug Utilization Review and federal reporting services using CyberFormance, a fourth component of ACS EHR suite of web tools.

ACS is a provider of diversified business process outsourcing (BPO) and information technology outsourcing (ITO) solutions.