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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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