CMS Seeks More Data On Risk Corridors, MLR Calculations; Asks OMB For Emergency Revision

CMS is asking qualified health plans (QHPs) that have risk corridor data discrepancies when compared to other sources to fill out a “Risk Corridor Discrepancy Worksheet” to explain the differences and provide supporting documentation. In a notice out Thursday, CMS also told all issuers they must complete and send in an MLR Risk Corridors Submissions Checklist, and the agency has asked the White House Office of Management and Budget for approval to make an emergency revision to risk corridor collection...