CCIIO turning to paper apps in enrollment

On Oct. 29, the team said Serco had received 1,400 paper applications that needed to be digitized; had processed 4,000 paper applications; and were holding 6,000 applications in a queue due to missing information.

Serco also had received a total of 1,600 small-group applications.

Serco was processing the applications efficiently, but system problems beyond its control were leading to delays, the war room team said.

The war room team noted that demand for small-group coverage is so strong that some employers found the employee coverage application by going into an obscure paperwork review system.

In other war room notes:

• The team said Oct. 25 that many agents and brokers who wanted to work with the exchange program were having trouble getting into their accounts. The team was hoping information services workers would fix agent-broker identity management technical problems over the weekend.
• The team raised the question that, once CCIIO gets HealthCare.gov technical problems under control, news organizations might notice that would-be exchange users in some communities have few affordable, attractive coverage options. “If [plan management] hasn’t started thinking about this, it should,” the team said. “We are two to three weeks away from this period when the spotlight will back to [plan management] regarding plan selection.”

See also:

• Inside the HealthCare.gov war room
• HealthCare.gov war room exposed problems
• CMS reacts to HealthCare.gov project report