CMS Integrated Data Repository (IDR)
Investment ID: 009-000001472
Overview
Program Title
CMS Integrated Data Repository (IDR)
Description
IDR is a cornerstone to the Agency's data environment. It was procured in 2005 and has been implemented over the past 13 years. The rationale for establishing this integrated repository was to transition from a claims-centric data warehouse orientation to a multi-view data warehouse orientation that is capable of integrating data on beneficiaries, providers, health plans, claims, drug data, etc.This integration enables analytic reporting by providing the ability to analyze data in place rather than relying on voluminous extracts of raw data. The focus for the next several years is to incorporate the use of alternative technology, such as Cloud solutions,enhancing the scalability of the existing environment and to make data available on the most appropriate data platforms, ingest Medicaid data into the IDR, support MACRA, needs, and to provide users with more self-service BI capabilities through the IDR BI Building Blocks (BENE, Claims, Providers) for example.
Type of Program
Major IT Investments
Multi-Agency Category
Not Applicable
Investment Detail
In 2020, the IDR team began activities to procure Cloud infrastructure and migrate the IDR operations to the Cloud. Once the platform is fully transitioned to the Cloud platform, it is expected to realize a 30% cost savings on annual operating cost.