HEALTHCARE: prosecutors are investigating grants for health site in Oregon

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SEATTLE - unworkable technology pushed Oregon so that it waive the health exchange to the edge, the first state to its own management system in favor of the federal exchange. But now prosecutors for the money .
Grand jury subpoenas, last week published by the Office of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Portland and on Tuesday by Gov. John Kitzhaber of Oregon required all records , including e- mail correspondence , and memos to the application or the receipt of federal funds , the related could have been used in the development, construction and management of the site of the state.
Oregon had $ 305 million in federal grants to build its exchange received by the Congressional Research Service, but the flaws were so deep that residents were never able to negotiate through it without human help . Despite system problems , more than 81,000 people were able to register for the private provision , some of which was done with paper applications .Read the main storyRelated Coverage

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The subpoenas at home in materials - including e- mails , memos, texts and notes - the performance meeting as " gate reviews " in the status reports on the state exchange, the officers were from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services presents together . The grand jury also called for , purchase orders , invoices, and statements of work from Oracle, the private contractor who built the site , and all correspondence between the 10 current and former executives of the cover Oregon, managing director of the site , and the Oregon Health Authority, other health supervises nursing programs .
Mr. Kitzhaber pledged its full cooperation. The governor , a Democrat , is up for re-election this fall, and the Republicans have pledged to cover troubles Oregon to use in the campaign against him.
"The governor is with a thorough review of the cover Oregon obliged to ensure appropriate accountability and oversight for public investments ," Liani J. Reeves said general jurisdiction in the governor's office , in a letter on Monday to the United States Attorney the case.
A spokeswoman for Oracle declined to comment , as well as a spokeswoman for the Office of the U.S. Attorney's office in PortlandOregon is not the only state in trouble lead in building a complex web portal for consumers and health care providers to bring together . Staatssystemein Hawaii, Massachusetts and Minnesota have been plagued with technical problems that have difficult for consumers , did it register online.
Maryland has also given up his dysfunctional website, instead, to develop for the exchange Connecticut , one of the most successful in the country to use the software. The health authorities in Nevada , said on Tuesday that it completed a private contract with Xerox for a state exchange and would rely instead on the Bundesanmeldesystemfür least a year.
But the extent of the problems Oregon was from the beginning - as well as the questions of whether title Oregon managers were too rosy in presenting their system to the state and federal government officials and the public. An independent report commissioned by the government in March concluded that cover Oregon employees had played for problems in the complex system - is a one-stop portal for both commercial insurance and Medicaid - the state funded program , called the Oregon Health his plan .
Former Chief Information Officer cover Oregon, Carolyn Lawson, who resigned in December , has threatened , the state and various other individuals and entities about what her lawyer , David Angeli , said in a letter of March was a " cover-up " of the sue replacement problems and their causes. The letter was obtained by The Oregonian .
Ms. Lawson was also on the list of current and former employees of the health authorities in Oregon, whose correspondence was sought by the grand jury in its subpoenas . Mr. Angeli on Wednesday declined to comment .
The Government Accountability Office has also begun an examination of health care, which includes the exchange Oregon, and the Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services to seek as well check state exchanges information about the eligibility of the applicant for tax credits

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