Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Fees (PCORI Fees)

This is a reminder your 2019 PCORI fee is due July 31, 2020.

What is a PCORI fee?

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) created the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to help patients, clinicians, payers and the public make informed health decisions by advancing comparative effectiveness research.

The institute’s research is to be funded, in part, by fees paid by health insurance issuers and sponsors of self-insured health plans. These fees are widely known as Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute fees (PCORI fees), although they may also be called PCOR fees or comparative effectiveness research (CER) fees.

We strongly advise you take the time to read through North Risk's Compliance Overview on PCORI Fees*. Directly below, you will find a PCORI fee payment schedule based on plan year start date. For easy reference, we’ve also included links to relevant forms and documents below. If you require assistance determining your member counts for your 2019 plan year, please contact your North Risk Partners' representative.

Payment Schedule

• 720 tax form (revised January 2020)
• 720 tax form instructions (revised January 2020)
• PCORI Fee: Q&As
• Compliance Overview on PCORI fees*
• PCORI Fee Due Dates and Applicable Rates