Plan Preview

Plan Preview is a tool in the Marketplace Plan Management System (MPMS) module in the Health Insurance Oversight System (HIOS) that allows issuers to preview their plan benefit displays for HealthCare.gov. Plan Preview opened for the 2025 plan year (PY) in April 2024 and be available as a resource for issuers throughout the plan year.

Note that the Plan Preview User Guide continues to be part of the MPMS User Guide, and this guide provides instructions for issuers to use Plan Preview. All issuers and states with a role in MPMS can automatically access the Plan Preview tab in MPMS. 

Additional Plan Preview Resources:

Identifying Plan Errors

All issuers participating in the FFE, including in states performing plan management functions, may use Plan Preview. 

Issuers and states will be able to view plans in Plan Preview within one business day of all QHP Application groups (with the exception of the Plan Rates and Issuer URL groups) reaching a status of “Submitted – Under Review,” “No Action Required,” or “Corrections Required.”

Plan Preview displays plan data similar to how it is displayed to consumers in Plan Compare on HealthCare.gov. Issuers are encouraged to log in to Plan Preview and review their plans during the QHP Application period to make sure they are displaying as intended. Any data errors should follow the data correction process described in the Data Change Windows page, and any technical display issues should be emailed to the Marketplace Service Desk (MSD) at CMS_FEPS@cms.hhs.gov