Shawn Johnson

4/29/2025 - 3 min read

Federal Insurance Office Elimination Act Introduced in Congress

Representative Troy Downing (R -Montana) introduced H.R. 643, which proposes to eliminate the Department of the Treasury.

4/23/2025 - 3 min read

CMS Releases Updated Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP) User Guide (Version 6.5)

CMS has released an updated MSPRP User Guide Version 6.5 (April 7, 2025) featuring several updates.

4/22/2025 - 8 min read

CMS Conditional Payments – 5 Things to Know and How Verisk Can Help

Five essential tips into CMS’s recovery process works, considerations to improve your compliance practices, and how Verisk can help.

4/9/2025 - 4 min read

CMS Releases WCMSA Reference Guide and Self-Administration Tool-Kit

CMS released an updated WCMSA Reference Guide (Version 4.3) and a new WCMSA Self-Administration Tool Kit (Version 1.7).

4/3/2025 - 7 min read

CMS Discusses General MSP Recovery Issues on its “MSP Intro” Webinar

On March 27, 2025, CMS held an “Introduction to MSP for Beneficiary Representatives” webinar.

Colleagues Conversing Around Conference Table 3

3/13/2025 - 18 min read

Section 111 Reporting: CMS’s Road Map to Conditional Payment Recovery

Insurers must understand CMS's use of Section 111 data in the conditional payment recovery process to avoid consequences and liability.

1/10/2025 - 4 min read

CMS Releases Updated MSPRP User Guide (Version 6.4)

CMS released an updated MSPRP User Guide with changes to the security protocols for the Multi-Factor Authentication process.

4/16/2024 - 2 min read

CMS Releases Updated Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP) User Guide

CMS has released an updated MSPRP User Guide Version which includes several updates, including the ability to find appeals status updates and updated operating hours for Experian.

1/31/2024 - 5 min read

CMS Releases Updated MSPRP User Guide (Version 6.0)

CMS released an updated MSPRP user guide (Version 6.0), which includes several updates to MSPRP's functionality.

12/11/2023 - 1 min read

CMS Announces Updates to the Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal

(CMS) released an alert announcing that in January 2024 a new enhancement will be made to the MSPRP portal

10/31/2023 - 4 min read

Introducing Recovery Reversal: Your Key to Regaining Control Over Medicare Conditional Payments

Verisk developed a new solution - Recovery Reversal - to claw back the Medicare overpayment or offset.

9/18/2023 - 4 min read

CMS announces increase to Maximum Settlement Amount for Fixed Percentage Demand Calculation Option starting October 2, 2023

CMS has announced that effective October 2, 2023, the maximum total settlement amount for the Fixed Percentage Demand Calculation Option.

5/3/2023 - 6 min read

CMS releases Non-Group Health Plan (NGHP) Applicable Plan Appeals Reference Guide (Version 1.0)

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a Non-Group Health Plan (NGHP) Applicable Appeals Reference Guide (Version 1.0, April 27, 2023).

3/17/2023 - 1 min read

Medicare’s Commercial Repayment Center (CRC) updates mailing address for Non-Group Health Plan (NGHP) Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) correspondence

1/17/2023 - 6 min read

CMS releases updated Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP) User Guide (Version 5.6) – Updates to Open Debt Report, Compromise Requests, and Go Paperless notifications

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released an updated Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP) User Guide Version 5.6 (January 9, 2023).

Shawn Johnson, J.D.

Federal Insurance Office Elimination Act Introduced in Congress

CMS Releases Updated Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP) User Guide (Version 6.5)

CMS Conditional Payments – 5 Things to Know and How Verisk Can Help

CMS Releases WCMSA Reference Guide and Self-Administration Tool-Kit

CMS Discusses General MSP Recovery Issues on its “MSP Intro” Webinar

Section 111 Reporting: CMS’s Road Map to Conditional Payment Recovery

CMS Releases Updated MSPRP User Guide (Version 6.4)

CMS Releases Updated Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP) User Guide

CMS Releases Updated MSPRP User Guide (Version 6.0)

CMS Announces Updates to the Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal

Introducing Recovery Reversal: Your Key to Regaining Control Over Medicare Conditional Payments

CMS announces increase to Maximum Settlement Amount for Fixed Percentage Demand Calculation Option starting October 2, 2023

CMS releases Non-Group Health Plan (NGHP) Applicable Plan Appeals Reference Guide (Version 1.0)

Medicare’s Commercial Repayment Center (CRC) updates mailing address for Non-Group Health Plan (NGHP) Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) correspondence

CMS releases updated Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP) User Guide (Version 5.6) – Updates to Open Debt Report, Compromise Requests, and Go Paperless notifications