Health Reform Enrollment August 2012 Update

The Children’s Partnership (TCP) spoke with leaders of Massachusetts’ effort to get that state’s eligibility and enrollment system ready for 2014. This E-Update provides readers with the heart of those conversations — about challenges, opportunities, and sharable lessons — in the attached interview with:

• Scott Devonshire - Principal Functional Lead for the New England States Collaborative for Insurance Exchange Systems (NESCIES);
  Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority (“Health Connector”);
• Jay Himmelstein, MD, MPH - Director, New England States Collaborative for Insurance Exchange Systems (NESCIES);
  Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School ; and
• Michael Tutty, MHA, PhD - Director, Office of Health Policy and Technology (HPT);
  Project Director, New England States Collaborative for Insurance Exchange Systems (NESCIES);
  Instructor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School.