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Cognosante Chosen to Perform Services for New Mexico Assistance Program System Replacement Project

"The ISD2R project supports a fundamental component of New Mexico's low-income and medical assistance program," said Cognosante Managing Director Jarred Clark. "Cognosante brings a long history of performing IV&V services in the Medicaid arena to the effort. This coupled with our extensive experience supporting large, complex eligibility systems, will help to ensure the best outcome for the project."

"ASPEN will bring New Mexico into the 21^st century by replacing our nearly 25-year-old eligibility system that is so important to the thousands of New Mexicans who are in need of our services, as well as our caseworkers who process those cases," said Charissa Saavedra, Human Services Department Deputy Secretary. "The integrity of implementing this new eligibility system is of utmost importance to the Human Services Department and must be done efficiently and effectively. We are looking to Cognosante to assist in this effort."

About Cognosante

Cognosante is a leading provider of IT services to healthcare organizations. The company assists its clients in developing, managing and executing complex healthcare information programs and infrastructures. Its expertise includes standards development, interoperability, business and technical architecture, modular system integration, health informatics, Medicaid, health information exchange, improper payment, health insurance exchange, NwHIN, and The Direct Project. Please visit www.cognosante.com for more information.

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