Final

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

Issue Date: November 13, 2015

Program Area: User Fees (UF)

Question: The final rules stated that Federally-facilitated Marketplace (FFM) issuers must submit the required forms and information to receive the user fee adjustment for the 2014 benefit year to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) by July 15, 2015. That deadline has passed. Are FFM issuers still required to submit this form to CMS? If so, what deadline applies?

Answer: The July 15, 2015 deadline for submitting these forms will not apply for FFM issuers. For the initial collection of 2014 benefit year data, participating FFM issuers seeking the user fee adjustment should submit the spreadsheet with the required data elements to FFMuserfeeadjustments@cms.hhs.gov by December 11, 2015. FFM issuers should email the spreadsheet as an attachment with the email subject line "FFM Issuer Submission".

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