University of Massachusetts Medical School: 5 IT Tips For State Health Insurance Exchanges

1. Agree upon a common vision, strategy, and plan for IT development. That's essential for meeting fast-approaching ACA deadlines;
2. Perform a careful assessment of the state's internal and external IT resources;
3. Integrate policy and technology between an exchange and the state's Medicaid program;
4. Leverage federal resources, reuse technologies developed by other states and federal agencies, and participate in multi-state collaborations;
5. Proceed with development, despite federal and state policy, technology, and political uncertainties, to meet aggressive federal implementation deadlines.

Source: InformationWeek
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