Henry Chao, Deputy
Chief Information Officer for CMS, testified yesterday that the CMS team is
still building some of the website’s back-end systems. These systems don’t affect what consumers see
when they shop for plans but are necessary to carry out the financial and
payment processes involving insurers. My
question is why wouldn’t we have a complete system in place prior to
launching? I can only imagine the kind
of issues that will arise from assembly the back-end system with the
user-facing system that is already plagued by bugs. I just cannot foresee how this will be a good
outcome. If anything, this is will
certainly delay the premier of a fully operational government exchange.
Speaking of those bugs,
CMS spokeswoman Julie Bataille said the CMS has now completed two-thirds of the
“high-priority bugs” that the administration's tech team has identified that
pertain directly to the so-called 834 notices that are necessary to transmit
enrollment information to insurers.
Well, I guess one-third is better than nothing.
It seems as if we are
not gonna meet that January 1st deadline for a smooth running
machine. But, as I said in my research
paper, I still have faith in the government to fix this issue.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20131119/NEWS/311199958/cms-calls-healthcare-gov-fixes-attainable-though-some-parts-arent
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