Slide 1
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Iowa Department of Human Services
Playing the Numbers: Success from Persistence
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Slide 2
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Iowa Department of Human Services
Getting to PARIS
- Placing Penny Bets
- How Much to Open
- Shutout
- The Big NO
- The Why (Not)
- Going for the Action
- Iowa Hold ’Em
- Smart Money
- Ace in the Hole
- The Parlay
- Come on Baby!
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Slide 3:
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Iowa Department of Human Services
Placing Penny Bets
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1997 participated in a small pilot for TANF
- 53 matches — none of them an Iowa claim
- Cumbersome data manipulation
- Deemed cost/benefit loss
- Lost the penny toss
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Iowa Department of Human Services
How Much to Open
2005
- PARIS Board visit — calls — emails
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National Directory of New Hires
- Labor intensive — negative results
- Expensive data
- Negatively impacted desire for PARIS
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Iowa Department of Human Services
Shutout
- 2006 — Developed a proposal for one of the PARIS implementation grants
- Limited internal support
- Some technical assistance
- Got to the window too late
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Iowa Department of Human Services
The BIG NO
- PARIS Board visit
- DC Iowa office questions
- Washington State (Bill) questions
- Extensive report in response to Dept Inspections and Appeals and Governor’s office
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Slide 7:
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Iowa Department of Human Services
The Big NO!!
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Businessman standing with arms crossed
Business people cartoon
Person listening cartoon
Thought bubbles: “Shhhh!” “No Talking!”
Sad dog cartoon
Slide 8:
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Iowa Department of Human Services
The Why (Not)
- Quality Control error rates
- Known to Agency
- Confidentiality
- Jockeying for IT position
- Waiting on technology
- Lack of resources to work the data
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Slide 9:
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Iowa Department of Human Services
Going for the Action
2009 Breakthrough!
—MOU signed for Interstate and VA
—Interstate data pilot
2010 Charter and Study Group!
CMS Directors Letter
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Slide 10:
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Iowa Department of Human Services
Iowa Hold ’Em
- Manual data review
- Inability to act on data
- Folded on new VA MOU
- Minimum required effort
- Responding only to other States
- Cumbersome PARIS “Hotline”
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Slide 11:
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Iowa Department of Human Services
Smart Money
- Data wise guy
- Triple state matches
- Double SNAP matches
- SNAP out of state usage
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Slide 12:
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Iowa Department of Human Services
Ace in the Hole
- Let the data do the talking
- Investigators on board
- Wisconsin data exchange
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Articulating the Dream
- Again and again and again…….
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Slide 13:
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Iowa Department of Human Services
The Parlay
- It’s ALL about Program Integrity
- Integrated Claims Unit
- VA interest
- Support grows
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Slide 14:
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Iowa Department of Human Services
Come On and Make My Day
- Getting the funding
- Design event
- Building the Unit
- Implementation
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Slide 15:
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Iowa Department of Human Services
Data Submitted |
SSN submitted |
Matches |
2 + other states |
30 day delay matches |
May-09 |
494,612 |
2836 |
|
2604 |
Aug-09 |
511,958 |
4142 |
30 |
3089 |
Nov-10 |
527,284 |
3816 |
34 |
975 |
Feb-10 |
541,444 |
4318 |
33 |
3710 |
May-10 |
557,161 |
3545 |
32 |
2947 |
Aug-10 |
563,092 |
4812 |
31 |
4797 |
Nov-10 |
581,967 |
4486 |
41 |
3636 |
Feb-11 |
584,702 |
4486 |
36 |
4247 |
May-11 |
598,613 |
4338 |
30 |
3413 |
Aug-11 |
600,175 |
5818 |
33 |
4470 |
Nov-11 |
612,631 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Slide 16:
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Iowa Department of Human Services
Thank You!
Linda Mount
lmount@dhs.state.ia.us
515-281-5487
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