The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has issued a news release reporting that a Philadelphia personal injury law firm has agreed to pay the...

The recent passage of Arizona Senate Bill (S.B.) 1332 provides Arizona claims payers with unprecedented opportunity, finally, to close out their workers’ compensation claims. Under this new law, parties will now be able to reach “full and final” settlement of certain workers’ compensation claims beginning October 31, 2017.

Section 111 reporting historically has been viewed as an abstract technical Medicare compliance obligation and the responsibility of an IT department, because it involves the electronic transmissio...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its latest alert regarding its low-dollar reporting and recovery thresholds pertaining to liability (including self-insurance),...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will conduct a Town Hall Teleconference November 17, 2016 (1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EST) to address numerous liability insurance (including...

On October 11, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new, updated version of the Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP) User Guide. As many of our readers...

Insurers seeking appeals of adverse conditional payment decisions are finding that their cases are dragging, thanks to a major backlog of pending Medicare appeal requests. The Strengthening Medicar...

While the Commercial Repayment Center’s (CRC) conditional payment process has received a lot of coverage in the last eight months, its collections apply only to workers' compensation and no-fault...

On May 17, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final rule on the SMART Act’s interim conditional payment process through the Federal Register, and insurers will want t...

Conditional payments are one of the biggest challenges insurers face when resolving a case with a Medicare beneficiary. The problems that arise include late awareness of Medicare eligibility,...