Second Circuit Falls in Line on Medicare Advantage
Medicare Advantage Plans remain largely undefeated. For the last decade, MAPs have pulled off an impressive streak of wins as they – in an attempt to collect direct
Why You (or Your Recovery Agent) Should Go Paperless Right Now
L ate last year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its coordination of benefits contractor, the BCRC, soft launched a process to largely eliminate
Three Rules for “Surviving” Liability MSAs
As our loyal readers are all-too-well aware, we’ve been awaiting written regulatory proposals regarding liability Medicare Set-Asides (MSA) for a number of years. ECS
CMS Updates Section 4.3 of the WCMSA Reference Guide
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated its recently unveiled Section 4.3 of the Workers’ Compensation Medicare-Set Aside (WCMSA) Reference Guide.
Medicare Secondary Payer Regulatory Update
Things are heating up on the Medicare Secondary Payer regulatory front. With the calendar turning to March, the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory
CMS Holds Town Hall on WCMSA Program
On February 17th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held an extended webinar on a number of different Medicare Set Aside topics, including the
CMS Updates WCMSA Reference Guide: New Policy on EBMSAs
Yesterday, CMS released an updated Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) Reference Guide. Version 3.5 of the guide contains two new sections and no other
CMS Section 111 User Guide Update Includes Key Policy Announcement
On Monday December 20th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an updated Section 111 Non-Group Health Plan User Guide, clarifying two recent
On CMS’ Recent Section 111 Alerts
Late last month we wrote about a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Section 111 reporting alert regarding updates to the “No-Fault Policy Limits” field.