There Seems To Be A Bit Going On In Computing At The Department Of Human Services.

It ’s an exciting time for news at the Department.First we have:Medicare payments system given $17m to keep the lights onBy Justin Hendry on Dec 18, 2017 2:12PM MYEFO: Govt tries to breathe new life into 30-year-old system.The federal government will spend $16.6 million this year on its 30-year-old M edicare payments system to keep the platform running while it continues to search for a replacement.The Department of Health will use the funding for “remediation and essential maintenance of the health and aged care payments systems”, it said in its 2017-18 mid-year economic and fiscal outlook (MYEFO) released today.It will also ensure that the IT platform continues to be owned and operated by the public sector.The health and aged care payme nts system is made up of 200 separate applications and 90 different databases that have been built up over the last three decades.It currently delivers 600 million payments worth $50 billion each year across Medicare, the pharmaceutical benefits... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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