Day: April 9, 2014

Analysis: Health Exchange Mess Part I: Failures in leadership

Analysis: Health Exchange Mess Part I: Failures in leadership

In a two-part series Thursday and Friday, retired auditor Charles Hayward (full bio below) delves into the problems that led to a disastrous launch of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange in fall 2013. Among the chief failings of state leadership: not addressing serious red flags when there may have been enough time to fix the root causes; not appreciating the monumental tasks assigned to limited resources; and (3) not selecting one IT expert to take leadership on the website’s development.

State Roundup, April 9, 2014

Maryland ranks better at online transparency of spending habits; Pew also ranks Maryland higher when it comes to elections-related activities; with a $3.5 million shortfall in “House of Cards” request, what will happen to the Maryland production?; Gov. O’Malley gets busy signing legislation in law: begins with pre-K expansion and dog bite bills; while more school construction funds for Montgomery will have to wait, Annapolis leaders say they will help; Attorney General Gansler seeks a special counsel to look into health exchange problems; with three Republican delegates leaving office, a power shift can be expected for Anne Arundel County; Bill Clinton endorses Lt. Gov. Brown for governor; and Carroll Commissioners reluctantly suspend Jesus prayers.

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