CMS To Broaden Income Estimate Margin Without Data-Matching For 2017

CMS is tweaking the rules around how much a person can differ from the FFM's data sources when estimating their annual household income before they need to send in paperwork to prove that amount, changing the threshold from a 10-percent difference to a 25-percent or $6,000 discrepancy. HHS expects to implement the change for Healthcare.gov before open enrollment begins Nov. 1. “HHS has determined that it is a reasonable threshold to generate an annual income data matching issue for a...