Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) FAQ
Guidance for FAQ regarding 834 Transaction and Initial Transaction
Program Area: Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP)
Question: For the Federally-facilitated Small Business Health Options Program (FF-SHOP), will issuers ever receive a Group Extensible Markup Language (XML) file, 834 transaction, and 820 transaction on the same day?
Answer: For initial enrollments, FF-SHOP issuers will not receive all 3 transactions on the same day. Issuers will, however, receive the Group XML and associated 834 enrollment transactions on the same day.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: October 02, 2014
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