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Federal partners

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Modernizing payment systems for Medicare

Nava is working with CMS to create flexible, scalable payment systems that will serve the 65 million people who use Medicare.

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U.S. Department of Labor

Building trust with the public through unemployment claim transparency

We're helping the U.S. Department of Labor with an initiative to catalyze state-level unemployment insurance modernization projects.

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General Services Administration

Helping people access government services through Login.gov

We're helping to design, build, and deliver an in-person identity verification service that will help more people access critical government services.

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Helping Medicare beneficiaries find and receive preventive care

We’re working with CMS on a tool that informs people about preventive care and connects them with primary care providers in their area.

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Centers for Disease Control

Enhancing CDC’s pandemic-ready systems with ReportStream

Nava is working with The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help public health departments receive crucial data on disease test results.

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Building interoperable data pipelines to support program outcomes

Our work with CMS and CDC shows that adopting cloud-based infrastructure is key to better data engineering practices

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Modernizing legacy systems to make data more usable

Our work with CMS shows that modernizing legacy systems by adopting cloud-based infrastructure is key to better data engineering practices.

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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

How small pilots helped us prototype a benefits claim fast tracker

We built tools to help get Veterans critical healthcare when they need it.

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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Shaping policy with design practices

With human-centered design practices like user research and prototyping, Nava designed a set of digital tools and helped update an 85-year-old policy.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Supporting Veterans with virtual tele-hearings

During the pandemic, Nava partnered with VA to build virtual tele-hearings so that Veterans could have benefits hearings wherever they choose.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Scalable cloud infrastructure to support excellent customer experiences

Optimizing its cloud platform will enable CMS to eventually quadruple the number of applications it supports — but costs and workloads won't.

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Designing a more personal healthcare experience

Nava is working to design a more seamless, personal, and integrated experience for Medicare beneficiaries.

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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Helping Veterans find, understand, and use information about benefits

Nava built a new Veterans Affairs website and streamlined existing ones to help Veterans find, understand, and use information about benefits.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

The billion user load test

Nava’s Scalable Login System provides authentication and account management for millions on HealthCare.gov. We wanted to see how far it could scale.

State partners

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State of New Jersey

Applying user research to improve access to unemployment benefits in New Jersey

Nava is leveraging user research to help the New Jersey Department of Labor make its UI technology more accessible, flexible, and resilient.

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State of Montana

Designing an API prototype for Montana WIC

Nava worked with the state of Montana’s WIC agency to build an API prototype, helping ease data management and informing a national API standard.

State of Montana

Designing an eligibility screener tool for Montana WIC

Nava worked with Montana’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) agency to help ease the enrollment process.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Using a pilot to minimize risk and rapidly deliver new services

Using pilots to minimize risk, Nava support the launch of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' new Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML) program.

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Building public benefit claims trackers across states

What we learned helping design and build public benefits claims trackers for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as well as the state of California.

State of Vermont

Integrating eligibility and enrollment, one piece of software at a time

Nava created flexible and reusable software and design components to help make it easier for Vermonters to access their benefits.

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State of Vermont

Observations from successful integrated eligibility and enrollment projects

Working on integrated benefits systems with Vermont, California, and other states has highlighted a few key strategies for success.

State of California

To quickly help people in a crisis, start with user research

Starting with user research ensures that what you build will give people the help they need, when they need it.

State of California

Rapidly building unemployment services during the pandemic

Nava partnered with the State of California to build two cloud-based digital services for their unemployment benefits program, in just three months.

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