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CMS to Begin Using 2019 Life Table
Starting June 4, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin using the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) “Table 1: Life Table for the total population:...
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Clearing Up Non-Submit MSAs – CLM Magazine
Co-Chief Executive Officers Barbara Fairchild and Jon Gunter recently wrote an article for CLM Magazine, Clearing Up Non-Submit MSAs, where they provide their insights on Section 4.3 of WCMSA...
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Conditional Payments: Recent Wins
By P. Czuprynski After administrative appeals, IMPAXX recently won two claims associated with conditional payments. In both cases, Adjudicators (ALJ) with the Office of Medicare Hearing and Appeals determined Medicare...
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Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal “Go Paperless” Webinar Highlights
By P. Czuprynski The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted a webinar to discuss its option for carriers, self-insureds, or their recovery agents to obtain service of conditional...
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MEDVAL and NuQuest Come Together as IMPAXX
Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Compliance pioneers MEDVAL and NuQuest announced today that they will expand their product and service portfolios and enhance their customer systems by joining forces as...
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New WCMSA Reference Guide Provides Much Needed Clarification On Section 4.3
By B. Smith On March 21, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) Reference Guide, Version 3.6. The update to...
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CMS Advances Rulemaking for Section 111 Civil Money Penalties and Future Medicals
By F. Fairchok Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) advanced the rulemaking process in two long-awaited areas. The Regulation Identifier Numbers for “Medicare Secondary Payer and...
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CMS Allows Payment of MSP Recovery Debts Via ACH
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that Non-Group Health Plan (NGHP) and Group Health Plan (GHP) Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) recovery debts may be paid...
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How To Make Sense of the CMS WCMSA Webinar
by B. Smith As promised, CMS hosted a WCMSA webinar on February 17, 2022. Although acknowledging that Section 4.3 of the Guide was the most pressing issue webinar participants wanted...