CMS will not collect any new data from qualified health plan issuers as part of the transparency reporting program created by the Affordable Care Act, the agency clarified Wednesday (Aug. 12) . Instead, it will use information that issuers have already submitted or is shown elsewhere online. Collection efforts will be phased in over time, CMS said, starting with QHP issuers that sell plans on Healthcare.gov and in states that use the federal marketplace's IT platform. Issuers that sell plans...