The Alaska Department of Health is gathering information from vendors who could build and run a time-tracking system for Medicaid administrative work. The department wants to know what companies can do before deciding whether to issue a formal contract.

The Division of Senior and Disabilities Services needs a contractor to manage quarterly cost data, provide training and quality checks, and create a platform for reporting and billing. The system would track how state workers spend time on Medicaid tasks, which helps Alaska claim federal reimbursement for administrative costs.

Vendors have until May 8 to submit information about their capabilities. This is not a request for bids. The state is not obligated to hire anyone or issue a contract based on the responses.

The department posted an operations manual that describes how Alaska currently runs its Medicaid administrative claiming program. The manual shows what kind of infrastructure a vendor would need to support.

Procurement officer an unnamed participant is managing the request. Companies can find the full request and the operations manual on the state's online public notices system.

The state uses stratified random moment time studies to document how employees spend their work hours. Federal Medicaid rules require this documentation before Alaska can bill for administrative costs. A contractor would handle the technical side of collecting, verifying and reporting that data each quarter.