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Enrollment Standards and User Experience

Sam Karp, VP of Programs October 6, 2011. Enrollment Standards and User Experience. Implications for Human Services Integration. Work Support Strategies Webinar. Webinar Outline. Context and Current Practice Enrollment Standards User Experience (UX) Design Project

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Enrollment Standards and User Experience

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  1. Sam Karp, VP of Programs October 6, 2011 Enrollment Standards and User Experience Implications for Human Services Integration Work Support Strategies Webinar

  2. Webinar Outline • Context and Current Practice • Enrollment Standards • User Experience (UX) Design Project • Vertical and Horizontal Integration • Q & A

  3. Context • States vary… • ACA offers states opportunities • Challenges abound

  4. We Live in a Digital Society

  5. Current Practice

  6. Where Are We Today? • Significant simplification efforts • However, not widespread… • Impact of the recession • Best intentions

  7. Persistent Barriers • Complexity of rules / silos • Local control • The welfare institution • Inadequacy of systems

  8. Disclaimer

  9. Single Application Process • County Indigent Care Programs • California Kids • Healthy Kids • Kaiser Permanente Child Health Plan • Child Health and Disability Prevention Program • Child Tax Credit • Low-Cost Auto Insurance Program • Medicaid • CHIP • SNAP • TANF • WIC • EITC • LIHEAP

  10. Enrollment Standards and Protocols

  11. Affordable Care Act § 1561. HIT Enrollment, Standards and Protocols Not later than 180 days after the enactment, the Secretary, in consultation with the HIT Policy and Standards Committees, shall develop interoperable and secure standards and protocols that facilitate enrollment in Federal and State health and human services programs.

  12. Enrollment Workgroup • 20 members representing various stakeholders • Held eight pubic hearings and “listening session” with State representatives • Developed 10 recommendations • Recommendations adopted by Secretary Sebelius on September 17, 2010 • Integrated into CMS regulations and ACA guidelines http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&mode=2&objID=3161

  13. Enrollment Standards & Protocols Consumer-Centric Approach Core Data Elements Electronic Verification Business Rules Transmission of Enrollment Information Privacy and Security

  14. Core Data Elements • Standardize to increase interoperability • Reviewed 34 programs in 10 states • Variation in data name, format and definition • Range of complexity in data harmonization • National Information Exchange Model selected as standard • Implementation approach

  15. Electronic Verifications • ACA §1411 requirement • Citizenship SSA • Income IRS • Legal status DHS • Standardized Web services exchange • Additional interfaces to Federal, State or other widely-available data sources • Federal reference software model CMS building Federal Data Services Hub

  16. Business Rules • Express in consistent, clear and unambiguous language • Transparent to consumer by providing understandable eligibility determinations • Federal government establish repository of business rules needed to administer ACA health insurance coverage options

  17. Transmission of Enrollment Information Utilize existing HIPAA transaction standards — from health insurance coverage options to public and private health plans and to other health and human services programs

  18. Enroll UX 2014 Project Objectives • Provide federal and state governments with a human-centered design to support enrollment • Help achieve a first-class user experience that promotes informed enrollment decision-making • Help ensure that large numbers of eligible consumers successfully enroll in and retain coverage

  19. Public/Private Partnership

  20. 11 Participating States Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Oregon, Tennessee

  21. UX 2014 Design Partner World-class design, engineering and innovation firm www.ideo.com

  22. Project Overview • Individual market and SHOP • All insurance affordability programs (Medicaid, CHIP, tax credits, cost sharing reductions, BHP) • Full eligibility, enrollment, plan selection and retention experience • Multiple pathways • Designing for diversity and ADA compliance • Vendor / system neutral

  23. Design Phases / Timeline

  24. Research Phase

  25. Behavioral Segmentation Helps to design a system that is responsive to people’s different needs, desires and expectations.

  26. Initial System Flows and Wireframes

  27. Design Workshop San Francisco, September 12-13

  28. Multiple Enrollment Channels

  29. Immediate Mobile Opportunities • ACTIONABLE ALERTS • Renewal reminders • Prompt to submit missing info • Status changes/updates • Secure messaging • MOBILE HELP/SUPPORT TOOL • Voice/Text • Location-based support services • ENROLLMENT TRACKER FOR APPLICATION STATUS • Text / Email • Automated phone messages • MOBILE UPLOAD • Data upload with photo support

  30. Preliminary Visual Design

  31. Design Refinement Phase • Further review and user evaluation • Publish comprehensive design specifications • Develop working functional prototype • Develop communications materials for sharing design

  32. Public Website

  33. Vertical & HorizontalIntegration

  34. Considerations for States • Does it makes sense to leverage interest, focus and resources on ACA enrollment modernization efforts? • What level of integration? What programs? Phased approach? • How or whether to conform eligibility rules? • Cost-allocation implications / August 2010 OMB Circular A-87 Exception Letter • Planning today for tomorrow…

  35. Questions & Answers

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