Timeline
Below is a high-level overview of the QHP data submission and certification process timeline for plan year (PY) 2024, as outlined in the PY2024 QHP Data Submission and Certification Timeline bulletin.
PY2024 QHP Data Submission and Certification Timeline
Activity | Dates |
QHP Application submission and data
validation window opens1 | 4/19/23 |
Early Bird Application Deadline: Optional Early Bird deadline for
issuers to submit QHP Applications to CMS | 5/17/23 |
CMS reviews Early Bird QHP Application
data and releases results for issuers and states to review | 5/18/23 – 6/9/23 |
HHS-approved QHP Enrollee Survey
vendor securely submits the QHP Enrollee Survey response data to CMS on
behalf of the QHP issuer2 | 5/19/23 |
Initial Application Deadline: Initial deadline for issuers to
submit QHP Applications to CMS, including Plan ID Crosswalk data | 6/14/23 |
QHP issuer submits the validated
Quality Rating System (QRS) clinical measure data, with attestation, to CMS
via NCQA’s Interactive Data Submission System (IDSS)3 | 6/15/23 |
CMS reviews initial QHP Applications
and releases results for issuers and states to review | 6/15/23 – 7/14/23 |
Secondary Application Deadline: Deadline for issuers to submit their
QHP Application Rates Table Templates to CMS; optional deadline for issuers
to submit corrected QHP Application data to CMS | 7/19/23 |
CMS reviews Rates Table Template data
and resubmitted QHP Application data, and releases results for issuers and
states to review | 7/20/23 – 8/11/23 |
QHP issuers, Exchange administrators,
and CMS preview the 2023 QHP quality rating information | Aug./Sep. 2023 |
Issuer Plan Confirmation/Crosswalk
Deadline: Issuers
complete final plan confirmation and submit final Plan ID Crosswalk Templates | 8/9/23 – 8/23/23 |
Final Application Deadline: Deadline for issuers to submit
changes to their QHP Applications | 8/16/23 |
CMS reviews QHP Applications and
releases results for issuers and states to review | 8/17/23 – 9/11/23 |
CMS sends QHP Certification Agreements
to issuers | 9/12/23 |
QHP Agreement Signing Deadline: Issuers return signed QHP
Certification Agreements to CMS | 9/12/23 – 9/20/23 |
State Plan Confirmation Deadline: States complete final plan
confirmation | 9/12/23 – 9/20/23 |
Limited data correction window | 9/14/23 – 9/15/23 |
Machine-Readable/URL Deadline: Deadline for issuers’ URL data,
including machine-readable and marketing URLs, to be posted, live and active.
| 9/20/23 |
CMS releases certification notices to
issuers and states | 10/3/23 –10/4/23 |
Anticipated public display of QHP
quality rating information | 11/1/23 |
Open Enrollment begins | 11/1/23 |