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Bull Services Selects Teradata Warehouse for State of California Medi-Cal Program.


Cross-Program View Will Reduce Fraud and Abuse

DAYTON, Ohio Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873.  -- Bull Services today announced it has selected the Teradata[R] Warehouse, from Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation (company) NCR Corporation - Electronics company mainly active in the midrange server market.

NCR was founded 1884 as National Cash Register Company. It joint the computer industry in th 1950s.
 (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers ), as its data warehouse platform to implement a new advanced business intelligence solution designed to help more efficiently manage the state of California's $37 billion Medicaid program (Medi-Cal), and improve health care services for millions of residents. The California Department of Health Services Department of Health Services may refer to:
  • Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
  • California Department of Health Services a California state agency
 (CDHS CDHS California Department of Health Services
CDHS Colorado Department of Human Services
CDHS Center for Development of Human Services
CDHS Central Dauphin High School (Harrisburg, PA, USA)
CDHS Comprehensive Data Handling System
), which runs the Medi-Cal program, will administer this contract.

"We selected Teradata as the platform for the state of California because it is the acknowledged leader in data warehousing See data warehouse.

data warehousing - data warehouse
 technology and because it uniquely met the performance and scalability requirements of the state," said Jonathan Burbank, president and chief executive officer of Bull Services in the United States, the prime contractor for the four-year contract.

The Medi-Cal program pays for a variety of medical services for children and adults with limited income and resources. It now has 6.6 million beneficiaries - making it responsible for improving the overall health of about one out of every five Californians.

"Bull Services has successfully implemented very similar solutions on the Teradata platform throughout the public sector. Their state health care business intelligence solutions for Michigan, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, Illinois, Minnesota, and Utah are powered by Teradata," said Jamil Hermes, vice president, NCR Government Systems, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
.

The Bull Services solution, running on the Teradata Warehouse, will place Medi-Cal among the nation's leaders in managing medical assistance programs. It will help Medi-Cal to better support its goal of managing medical services in a fiscally prudent manner through developing partnerships with providers and medical service organizations, and encouraging comprehensive, organized health care delivery systems.

The new California system is named the data warehousing Management Information System/Decision Support System (MIS/DSS) business intelligence solution. It will store all the Medi-Cal health care information. The centralization of enterprise data is becoming more widely adopted among large companies, which are building centralized data warehouses for strategic reasons. Key among the reasons is the need to access all relevant information from across the business on a moment's notice to make more precise decisions.

The CDHS will be able to easily analyze extremely large amounts of data within minutes and in real time. This will enable CDHS analysts to make informed decisions about individual and statewide health care. Also, it will offer the department the capability to track and monitor an individual's care and cost. MIS/DSS will facilitate new levels of analytical capabilities for CDHS, enabling the department the capability to conduct sophisticated trend analyses and predictive modeling - all designed to reduce costs and improve health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract  while reducing fraud and abuse.

About Teradata Division

Teradata (www.teradata.com), a division of NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR), is the global technology leader in enterprise data warehousing, analytic applications and data warehousing services. Organizations around the world rely on the power of Teradata's award-winning solutions to get a single, integrated view of their business to enhance decision-making, customer relationships and profitability. As a growing business, Teradata is always looking for Looking for

In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with.
 outstanding talent. To learn more about Teradata career opportunities, visit www.teradata.com/careers.

About NCR Corporation

NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR) is a leading global technology company helping businesses build stronger relationships with their customers. NCR's Teradata[R] data warehouses, ATMs, retail systems, self-service solutions and IT services provide Relationship Technology[TM] that maximizes the value of customer interactions and helps organizations create a stronger competitive position. Based in Dayton, Ohio, NCR (www.ncr.com) employs approximately 28,900 people worldwide.

NCR and Teradata are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries.
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