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Walter Johnson

Walter Johnson is senior lien analyst for ISO Claims Partners, a Verisk business. You can reach Walter at walter.johnson@verisk.com.

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12/7/2015 - 3 min read

Avoiding the snares of the Treasury Offset Program

When a Medicare conditional payment case is referred to the U.S. Department of Treasury for collection, the Debt Management Services office in Birmingham, Alabama, and their four current Private Collection Agencies (PCAs) begin to collect the referred amount of “delinquent and legally enforceable debt.”