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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 139 / Friday, July 23, 2021 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
Reduction of Issuer Burden Through
Technology Grant
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of funding opportunity.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
issuance of the March 10, 2021 (and
amended on April 29, 2021) singlesource funding opportunity titled
‘‘Reduction of Issuer Burden Through
Technology Grant’’ (hereafter referred to
as the ‘‘RIBTT Grant’’) available solely
to the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners (NAIC) to build a
connection between the State Electronic
Rate and Form Filing (SERFF) system,
owned and operated by the NAIC, and
the Health Insurance Oversight System
(HIOS), which is operated by the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS). This connection will
enable health insurance issuers to enter
rate justification data into the SERFF
system and then have this rate
justification data automatically transfer
to HIOS. Currently, health insurance
issuers have to enter duplicate data into
both the SERFF system and HIOS in
order to maintain compliance with
federal and state law in 49 states and the
District of Columbia.
DATES: The project period of the award,
in the amount of $250,000 to the NAIC,
will be 24 months from the date of
award. The tentative award date is July
29, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim
Taing, (301) 492–4182.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
I. Background
The Reduction of Issuer Burden
Through Technology Grant (RIBTT
Grant) provides a funding source to
build a connection between the SERFF
system and the Unified Rate Review
(URR) module of HIOS. Forty-nine
states and the District of Columbia
currently use the SERFF system to
collect and review rate data. Building a
connection between SERFF and HIOS
will reduce burden on health insurance
issuers and decrease the potential for
data mismatches between the two
systems. It will enable health insurance
issuers to enter rate justification data
into the SERFF system and the rate
justification data will automatically
transfer to HIOS. Currently, health
insurance issuers have to enter
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duplicate data into both the SERFF
system and HIOS in order to maintain
compliance with applicable federal and
state law. Funding under the RIBTT
Grant is available to the NAIC to
complete their portion of the technical
changes needed in order to build such
a connection between the SERFF system
and HIOS.
II. Provisions of the Notice
CMS is anticipating approximately a
total of $250,000 will be available for
the RIBTT Grant, pending availability of
funds, to the NAIC to complete their
portion of the technical changes needed
in order to build such a connection
between the SERFF system and HIOS
for the transfer of rate filing information.
The NAIC may use grant funds for a
variety of planning, development,
testing, and implementation objectives
related to the technical changes needed
to build the connection between the
SERFF system and HIOS. This includes,
but is not limited to, hiring or
contracting with information technology
professionals or firms to complete the
work. Pending an acceptable application
and budget, the CMS will recommend
awarding a single source grant to the
NAIC who is uniquely qualified to
complete the work requested. The NAIC
is uniquely positioned to perform this
work as they are the only applicant
under this funding opportunity to meet
the objectives of this funding
opportunity as they own, operate, and
maintain the SERFF system and the
SERFF system is what is utilized by
health insurance issuers to submit rate
filing justification data in 49 states and
the District of Columbia. The NAIC has
built previous IT connections between
their SERFF system and HIOS for the
submission of Qualified Health Plan
certification data between SERFF and
the Plan Management module of HIOS.
Funds enable NAIC to establish this
new IT connection between the SERFF
system and the URR module of HIOS
based on the prior system architecture.
The Administrator of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS),
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, having
reviewed and approved this document,
authorizes Lynette Wilson, who is the
Federal Register Liaison, to
electronically sign this document for
purposes of publication in the Federal
Register.
Dated: July 19, 2021.
Lynette Wilson,
Federal Register Liaison, Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Reduction of Issuer Burden Through Technology Grant
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of funding opportunity.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the issuance of the March 10, 2021 (and
amended on April 29, 2021) single-source funding opportunity titled
``Reduction of Issuer Burden Through Technology Grant'' (hereafter
referred to as the ``RIBTT Grant'') available solely to the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to build a connection
between the State Electronic Rate and Form Filing (SERFF) system, owned
and operated by the NAIC, and the Health Insurance Oversight System
(HIOS), which is operated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS). This connection will enable health insurance issuers to
enter rate justification data into the SERFF system and then have this
rate justification data automatically transfer to HIOS. Currently,
health insurance issuers have to enter duplicate data into both the
SERFF system and HIOS in order to maintain compliance with federal and
state law in 49 states and the District of Columbia.
DATES: The project period of the award, in the amount of $250,000 to
the NAIC, will be 24 months from the date of award. The tentative award
date is July 29, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Taing, (301) 492-4182.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Reduction of Issuer Burden Through Technology Grant (RIBTT
Grant) provides a funding source to build a connection between the
SERFF system and the Unified Rate Review (URR) module of HIOS. Forty-
nine states and the District of Columbia currently use the SERFF system
to collect and review rate data. Building a connection between SERFF
and HIOS will reduce burden on health insurance issuers and decrease
the potential for data mismatches between the two systems. It will
enable health insurance issuers to enter rate justification data into
the SERFF system and the rate justification data will automatically
transfer to HIOS. Currently, health insurance issuers have to enter
duplicate data into both the SERFF system and HIOS in order to maintain
compliance with applicable federal and state law. Funding under the
RIBTT Grant is available to the NAIC to complete their portion of the
technical changes needed in order to build such a connection between
the SERFF system and HIOS.
II. Provisions of the Notice
CMS is anticipating approximately a total of $250,000 will be
available for the RIBTT Grant, pending availability of funds, to the
NAIC to complete their portion of the technical changes needed in order
to build such a connection between the SERFF system and HIOS for the
transfer of rate filing information. The NAIC may use grant funds for a
variety of planning, development, testing, and implementation
objectives related to the technical changes needed to build the
connection between the SERFF system and HIOS. This includes, but is not
limited to, hiring or contracting with information technology
professionals or firms to complete the work. Pending an acceptable
application and budget, the CMS will recommend awarding a single source
grant to the NAIC who is uniquely qualified to complete the work
requested. The NAIC is uniquely positioned to perform this work as they
are the only applicant under this funding opportunity to meet the
objectives of this funding opportunity as they own, operate, and
maintain the SERFF system and the SERFF system is what is utilized by
health insurance issuers to submit rate filing justification data in 49
states and the District of Columbia. The NAIC has built previous IT
connections between their SERFF system and HIOS for the submission of
Qualified Health Plan certification data between SERFF and the Plan
Management module of HIOS. Funds enable NAIC to establish this new IT
connection between the SERFF system and the URR module of HIOS based on
the prior system architecture.
The Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
(CMS), Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, having reviewed and approved this
document, authorizes Lynette Wilson, who is the Federal Register
Liaison, to electronically sign this document for purposes of
publication in the Federal Register.
Dated: July 19, 2021.
Lynette Wilson,
Federal Register Liaison, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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