Red Hot Form
Accelerating the process of applying for medical assistance
Dr. David Radcliffe
dradcliffe@gmail.com
Applying for medical assistance is too hard!
- Applicants must submit a paper form every year
- SSNs and other private information are sent insecurely
- No confirmation of receipt
- Gathering information is time-consuming
- Most information does not change from year to year
- Some information could be looked up automatically
- State already knows some of this information but is not allowed to share with other departments
Solution: A "Turbo Tax" for medical assistance
- Make it easy for applicants to enter form data
- Store information securely in a database
- Use data to fill out PDF forms automatically
- Validate and look up data where possible
- Retrieve data from previous years
- Submit forms online
- Confirmation of receipt / acceptance
Benefits to the State of Minnesota
- Less time processing paper forms
- Always have up-to-date information
- Fewer people missing deadlines
- Pre-approve applications or flag for review
- Improved feedback
- Save $$$
What's working now?
- Users can enter data in a web form
- Data is stored in a database
- Users can retrieve saved data
- Automatic generation of PDF from saved data
What remains to be done?
- A "form wizard" to guide the user through the process
- Store data securely
- Allow users to edit data
- Validate data entered by user
- Look up data automatically
- Electronic form submission
- Notification of receipt and acceptance