Verisk Blog— Insurance Solutions

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has just released their latest version of the WCMSA reference guide Version 2.9 (January 4, 2019) .   These new updates include the following:...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated its  Non-Group Health Plan (NGHP) Section 111 User Guide . The new guide is styled as Version 5.5 and is dated January 7, 2019. Per...

As the partial government shutdown continues, questions are being raised as to the shutdown’s impact on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) activities concerning Medicare Secondary...

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) recently issued a notice entitled Miscellaneous Medicare Secondary Payer Clarifications and Updates (CMS-6047-P) . This notice indicates that...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted a webinar focusing on enhancements to its Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP) on December 18, 2018. The improvements discuss...

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued a notice entitled Civil Money Penalties and Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting Requirements (CMS-6061-P) indicating that the Centers for Medicar...

In an alert dated December 5, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that beginning January 5, 2019, they will use the new 2015 CDC Life Table to calculate adjusted li...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its low dollar recovery threshold for 2019 via an alert dated November 15, 2018. CMS is generally required to publish an annual low...

Hurricane season in the Atlantic is winding down, and it looks relatively quiet on the horizon. November 30th is the official end of hurricane season as the Atlantic begins to cool and conditions become less favorable for development. Keep reading to see our full wrap-up.

Insurers today are struggling with what seems like an intractable problem: the impact of rising claim severity on their bottom line. This upswing shows no sign of abatement: for the past two decade...