Four primary activities were performed as part of the assessment process for both the plan benefit design report and the non-claims based payments report:
(1) Examination of the specifications for the MCDB submissions, and research about whether organizations, such as the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA), the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), or the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) Federal Health Insurance Oversight System (HIOS) have established standards for what information should be included in the reports.
(2) Exploration of the level of current activity and future interest in existing APCD states to collect similar information about plan benefit design and/or non-claims based payments.
(3) Interviews with carriers in Maryland to understand current practices for capture and storage of tthis information and the potential for submission of the information to the MCDB.
(4) Synthesis of the above information to develop recommendation(s) for possible approaches MHCC could consider for receiving the supplemental information; (i.e., defining the reports, including the information to be collected in the report, if possible, and/or additional information MHCC might need to define the report.
