Shutdown Stalemate: The Guidance Our Industry Still Needs
Today, CMS officials were slated to host a highly anticipated national webinar on mandatory Medicare Set-Aside reporting. Instead, with the government shutdown, the
New CMS Mandatory MSA Reporting Webinar and your Reporting Playbook
We’ve seen some strange things with mandatory MSA reporting over the last few months, and like any team facing a sudden changes in the rulebook, we were hopeful that CMS
Stranger Things: When Mandatory MSA Reporting Gets Weird
If you’ve followed us over these last several months, you know the saga of Medicare’s new mandate to report Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) amounts on all workers’ compensation
Once More, With Feeling: CMS’ Blunt Reminder for Providers
Panic. Frustration. Fear. A Medicare beneficiary feels these emotions, and more, whenever their provider gives them the bad news. “Medicare is denying coverage for this
Mandatory MSA Reporting Begins Today
Today marks a pivotal point in workers’ compensation Medicare compliance. While for nearly fifteen years Medicare has required workers compensation claims payers to
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CMS Announces Plan to Require WCMSA Data via Section 111
Last November, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) did something unprecedented. CMS announced, in a one hour webinar, its future plans to require
Days Away from the Section 111 Civil Money Penalties Final Rule?
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) appear poised to release a long-awaited final rule related to MMSEA Section 111 reporting civil money penalties.
CMS Updates the NGHP User Guide: RIP NOINJ
On June 5th the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an updated Section 111 Non Group Health Plan (NGHP) User Guide. Version 7.2 of the User Guide
What Do Medicare and Charlie Brown Have in Common?
Lucy and Charlie Brown. The Cleveland Indians. Peter O’Toole. The Minnesota Vikings[1]. CMS and Medicare Secondary Payer regulations. If you got “Famous Almosts” you