LANSING – The digital backbone of Michigan and Illinois’ Medicaid system is now on the cloud, allowing the two states to share the costs of future upgrades and making those upgrades easier, faster and cheaper to implement. In 2013, Michigan and Illinois were the first states to announce a joint effort to build a new Medicaid software system for enrolling and screening health care providers. Illinois essentially piggybacked on Michigan’s existing system, and the new, two-state software went live late this year. Read the Full Article.