Sebelius: OIG To Probe HealthCare.gov’s Rocky Rollout
On Wednesday, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that she has asked the HHS Office of Inspector General to begin an investigation into the problematic rollout of HealthCare.gov, with a focus on the performance of CMS. Sebelius also announced that CMS will create a chief risk officer who will review acquisition and contracting related to information technology and help monitor and mitigate risk in agency programs.
- "Sebelius Demands O-Care Site Probe" (Shabad, "Healthwatch," The Hill, 12/11).
- "Sebelius Launches Review of Botched Launch of Obamacare's HealthCare.gov" (Somashekhar, Washington Post, 12/11).
- "Sebelius Asks for Investigation of Flawed Website" (Alonso-Zaldivar, AP/Yahoo! News, 12/11).