Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: November 13, 2014

Program Area: Reinsurance-Contributions (RIC)

Question: Are Contributing or Reporting Entities required to include company-level information in the Supporting Documentation (.CSV file)?

Answer: Applicable to All Reinsurance Contributions Benefit Years: For the purposes of reinsurance contributions, the Reporting Entity must submit the required Supporting Documentation (.CSV file) as a Comma Separated Value (CSV) file in conjunction with the "ACA Transitional Reinsurance Program Annual Enrollment and Contributions Submission Form" (Form). A CSV file is also known as a "flat file" or "comma delimited file." The required Supporting Documentation (.CSV file) requires company-level information that identifies each Contributing Entity and its Annual Enrollment Count among other data. Member level information should NOT be submitted. The Supporting Documentation (.CSV file) contains one (1) row for each Contributing Entity. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Supporting Documentation Job Aid and the Supporting Documentation Job Aid Manual to assist Reporting Entities in creating the Supporting Documentation (.CSV file). The Job Aid acts as a template for creating the Supporting Documentation (.CSV file). CMS also released a Supporting Documentation File Layout document for each Benefit Year that explains the general requirements for the Supporting Documentation (.CSV file). To access these documents, visit the Registration for Technical Assistance Portal (REGTAP) Library, and filter by "Reinsurance-Contributions". CMS encourages entities to carefully review these documents and to use the Supporting Documentation Job Aid to create your CSV file to ensure it meets all the file format and data content requirements needed for successful submission and upload to Pay.gov.

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