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>> My name is Tracy Baker and I am
an information technology specialist

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for [inaudible] for Medicare
and Medicaid services.

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I oversee a contract that does maintenance
and development of a software system

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that manages enrollment and
payment for Medicare.

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Well, the project that I have
is primarily - like I said -

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the software system that we manage.

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So, what happens is that we receive eligibility
information from - say, congress will pass a law

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and we need to operationalize what
the requirements of that law is.

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So, it will come from the -
congress to - it would become a law

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and then we create operational manuals.

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We will work with our business
owners to implement those systems.

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So, if it says, for example, a person
who qualifies for Medicare is 65,

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whenever someone turns 65 in the system, we can
recognize that they automatically are eligible

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for Medicare, for example,
so that's a simple example.

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But we will operationalize how we pay
plans, how people - whether or not,

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they're eligible to enroll in different plans.

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And my contract basically makes sure that
the system processes all of that correctly.