Medicaid IT as a System of Systems

Abstract

This paper illustrates how information technology (IT) systems of systems (SoS) exist at three hierarchical levels, a micro, a meso, and a macro level, in the environment of the U.S. Medicaid program. An example at the micro level is used to illustrate the opportunity inherent in the Medicaid SoS to integrate Internet-of-Things technologies to advance specific outcomes in managing the delivery of Medicaid services.