CMS Seeks to Add Web Portal to HealthCare.gov

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed an update to the federal health insurance marketplace to allow states to regularly update the insurance information on the marketplace website, HealthCare.gov, the CMS said in a notice to be published in the Federal Register Feb. 3.

The CMS is proposing a mandate for insurance issuers to verify the information on HealthCare.gov on a quarterly basis and is asking states to verify state-submitted information on an annual basis, HHS said.

Once updated, state insurance departments will be able to log onto a web portal to update plan and enrollment information on ...