MES Private Sector Technology Group (PSTG)

Name

MES Private Sector Technology Group (PSTG)

Legal name

Private Sector Technology Group

Website

https://pstg.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare IT Industry Trade Association

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHDAEAEAG

Public Sector & Government ERP

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Enterprise Platforms & Databases/Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Platforms

SECONDARYHLAJAOAD

Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs) for Global Health

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Global Health Initiatives & Partnerships

Keywords

• Healthcare IT advocacy
• Medicaid Enterprise Systems
• Trade association
• Policy white papers
• Vendor consortium

Headquarters

HQ city

Not specified

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: PSTG generates revenue through annual membership dues of $250 per participating company. Dues are determined annually by the Board and must be paid to maintain membership rights including voting privileges. The fiscal year runs January 1 through December 31. Dues apply only to organizational expenses and no portion goes to any person's salary.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

PSTG is a non-profit trade association that serves as a vendor-neutral bridge between private sector health information technology (HIT) companies and U.S. government healthcare agencies (CMS and state Medicaid agencies). It recruits member companies through annual dues ($250/year), facilitates committee-based collaboration, and produces consensus white papers, policy recommendations, and survey resources on Medicaid Enterprise Systems modernization, modular procurement, and agile development practices.

Product overview

PSTG is a membership-based industry association, not a product company. It does not offer a unified product platform or modular product portfolio. Its offerings consist of membership services, industry white papers, policy recommendations, and survey resources developed collaboratively with government partners for the health information technology community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Annual PSTG Membership Membership in the Private Sector Technology Group for any business or person interested in health information systems objectives. Members gain voting rights, eligibility to serve as officers or committee chairs, ability to serve as official PSTG representatives, and participation in membership surveys. Annual dues of $250 per company grant access to the collective industry voice on Medicaid Enterprise Systems policy and procurement.
• Medicaid Enterprise System (MES) Investment Toolkit Consensus-based white paper / toolkit produced by PSTG's Outcomes Based SS-A Working Group and submitted to CMS to support state Medicaid Enterprise System investment planning and modular procurement decisions.
• Contract Terminations Recommendations Report Industry recommendations report produced collaboratively with 18F and CMS to identify trends and recommend practices that reduce the likelihood and impact of contract terminations in healthcare IT procurements.
• Considerations for the Precertification of Medicaid Enterprise Systems (MES) Modules White Paper White paper providing vendor-neutral industry considerations for the precertification of Medicaid Enterprise Systems modules, intended for use by CMS and state Medicaid agencies in designing module acceptance processes.
• Considerations for Regulatory and Policy Revisions Affecting Medicaid Procurements White Paper White paper offering PSTG member consensus on regulatory and policy revisions affecting the procurement of Medicaid information technology systems.

Quantifiable outcome

• Produces approximately one in-depth consensus white paper per year with public partner review
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPSTG maintains an ongoing collaborative relationship with CMS, serving as a bridge between industry vendors and the federal agency. The organization facilitates the CMS MITA Governance Board Outcomes Based SS-A Working Group and submits recommendations on healthcare IT matters including 90/10 Federal Funding Participation Rules changes.
• Human Services Information Technology Advisory Group (HSITAG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPSTG collaborated with HSITAG on the MES Vendor Database Survey, surveying member organizations on the NESCSO Medicaid Enterprise System Vendor Database. The organizations also jointly conducted a survey on achieving objectives of modularity.
• New England State Consortium Systems Organization (NESCSO)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPSTG partnered with HSITAG to survey members on NESCSO's Medicaid Enterprise System Vendor Database, providing industry feedback on the vendor database initiative.
• 18F / Technology Transformation ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPSTG collaborated with 18F on the Contract Terminations Recommendations Report, a publication produced via collaboration with CMS's Data and Systems Group with participation from the 2021 PSTG Board. This project identified trends and delivered recommendations to reduce the likelihood and impact of contract terminations.
• National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerPSTG references NASCIO resources in its agile procurement survey materials and participated in topical roundtable discussions on designing for agility and advancing IT and procurement modernization.
• National Association of State Procurement Officers (NASPO)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerPSTG works with NASPO on procurement best practices and participated in joint topical roundtable on IT and procurement modernization. NASPO resources are referenced in PSTG survey materials.

Scale indicators3 records

Direct peers

• HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society): Largest global health IT membership organization. Operates a similar member-driven model convening health IT vendors, providers, and government, with overlapping focus on policy advocacy, conferences, and standards-setting.
• eHealth Initiative (eHI): Non-profit membership organization convening stakeholders around health IT transformation. Similar member-driven model producing policy research and convening industry-government dialogue.
• CHIME (College of Healthcare Information Management Executives): Membership organization for senior healthcare IT executives. Comparable convening and policy-influence function, but oriented toward provider CIOs rather than government-focused vendors.
• Health Innovation Alliance: Coalition advocating for health IT policy and modernization. Closely parallels PSTG's role as an industry voice engaging federal policymakers, though broader in scope than Medicaid-only.
• AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association): Professional association for health information management, operating a similar membership model with policy advocacy and standards-setting functions intersecting PSTG's domain.
• WEDI (Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange): Multi-stakeholder health IT convening body focused on administrative and clinical data interchange standards. Closely comparable to PSTG's industry-government dialogue role and white-paper output cadence.

Broad incumbents

• National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO): Existing PSTG partner representing state CIOs who procure MES technology. Operates at broader state IT scope but overlapping membership base and convening role.
• National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD): Represents state Medicaid directors who are the buyer-side counterpart to PSTG's vendor membership. PSTG's recommendations and white papers directly support NAMD's members, making it an adjacent incumbent shaping the same market.

Emerging players

• Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP): Non-profit policy organization focused on telehealth and connected health. Smaller scope than PSTG but parallel structure as an issue-specific health IT policy convener.

Others

• National Association of State Procurement Officers (NASPO): Existing PSTG partner focused on state procurement. Adjacent ecosystem participant whose members shape Medicaid procurement practices that PSTG's white papers seek to influence.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/privatesectortechgroup

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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