Federal Agencies Offer Enrollment Models for States

Last week, the Health IT Policy Committee's enrollment work group recommended that states follow the lead of federal agencies as they work to set up electronic health insurance exchanges under the health reform law. Work group members noted that the Department of Homeland Security, the Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration all use Web services or electronic interfaces to verify eligibility for various programs.

• "States Should Tap Fed Models for Enrollment Services" (Mosquera, Government Health IT, 8/16).