November was a busy month for CMS with the issuance of a new NGHP User Guide, Version 6.1 and multiple alerts. Below is a brief summary of these updates. 2021 Recovery Threshold Alert On November 25, 2020, CMS issued a new alert on the 2021 Recovery Thresholds beginning on January 1, 2021. The alert notes […]
Pursuant to the notification issued on the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs OMBt website, the proposed rule to address future medicals in liability, no-fault and workers’ compensation cases has been pushed for release to August 2020. The proposed rule entitled Miscellaneous Medicare Secondary Payer Clarification and Updates (CMS-64047) was originally scheduled for release in […]
On November 27, 2019, CMS issued the 2020 Recovery Thresholds for Certain Liability Insurance, No-Fault Insurance, and Workers’ Compensation Settlements, Judgements, Awards, or Other Payments. Starting January 1, 2020 physical-based liability insurance settlements will remain $750. For no-fault and workers’ compensation settlements that do not include ongoing responsibility for medical, the threshold will also remain […]
Commercial Repayment Center (CRC) Outreach Program: Getting to know your CRC Operator NuQuest recently met with the operator of CRC, Performant Financial Corporation, as a part of their stakeholder outreach program. Performant Financial Corporation began operating CRC in February of 2018. More about this can be found here. At the meeting, CRC provided a presentation […]
CMS has now posted the Electronic Payment Enhancement Overview Webinar presentations which were held on March 13, 2019, for NGHP and March 14, 2019, for GHP. The presentations can be found in the Downloads section of the Coordination of Benefits & Recovery Overview What’s New page on CMS.gov.
The March 13, 2019 webinar offered by CMS provided a description of the new direct payment features available through the Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP) as of April 1, 2019. CMS will be releasing presentation slides within five (5) to seven (7) days and will also be releasing the audio recording thereafter. Some of […]
CMS will be hosting two webinars to review the addition of a new electronic payment option that will be added to the Medicare Secondary Recovery Portal (MSPRP) and the Commercial Repayment Portal (CRCP) effective April 1, 2019. The webinars will include opening remarks followed by a presentation on the new electronic payment functionality. The MSPRP […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a revised WCMSA Reference Guide (Reference Guide), Version 2.9, which can be found here: WCMSA Reference Guide. In addition to changes to development and alert templates; references to removal of certain memorandum from cms.gov; and reference to the updated CDC Life Table, the Reference Guide also includes updates […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that it will convert to the CDC’s “Table 1: Life Table for the total population: United States, 2015“ for Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside life expectancy calculations. The change to the updated life table will become effective as of January 5, 2019. There is a slight increase […]
In an abstract entitled “Civil Money Penalties and Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting Requirements,” the Office of Management and Budget has issued another intent of Notice of Proposed Rulemaking this time involving Section 111 Reporting penalties. Specifically, the abstract of the Notice provides as follows: Section 516 of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of […]
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