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Exchange Certification: Part 2 Launched
Part II of the registration process for insurance producers to sell coverage in the Federally-Facilitated and State Partnership Exchanges has officially launched. Part II only needs to be completed by producers who wish to sell in the individual market.
Part II is expected to take approximately 30 minutes to complete and requires identity proofing on the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Enterprise Portal.
If you experience any issues with the CMS web site. Contact CMS at 800-318-2596.
Please take into consideration the following information before completing Part II:
- Producers need to have completed Part I—the training/testing that is available here >>
- After completion of Part I, producers should allow 48 business hours for their training/testing results to be transmitted to the CMS Enterprise Portal. Please ensure that you allow sufficient time for your training/testing results to reach the CMS Enterprise Portal, or you will get an error message when you try to complete Part II.
- Instructions from earlier CMS webinars may be useful as producers complete the registration process. Those instructions, and other information, can be found here >>
- Participating in the Federally-facilitated Marketplaces - View presentation >>
Read our article on Part I: CMS Launches Exchange Certification