CMS to Open Data Hub to Exchange Organizations

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will establish a computer matching agreement to establish the terms under which state-based administering agencies will access its data services hub, according to a notice published in the July 2 Federal Register (78 Fed. Reg. 39,730).

CMS will allow administering entities from the state-based exchanges—which could include any state agency—to access patient information through its data services hub to make eligibility determinations for insurance applicants, CMS said. CMS will outline the conditions and procedures for accessing the data hub in the computer matching agreement.

The data hub is a central ...