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7/30/2024 - 5 min read

Spotlight on WCMSAs – Nutshell Resource

How to prepare for CMS’ new TPOC reporting requirements – Nutshell resource summary.

7/30/2024 - 15 min read

Spotlight on WCMSAs - preparing for CMS' new TPOC reporting requirements

Starting April 4, 2025, CMS requires Section 111 RREs to report specific WCMSA data for all Medicare beneficiary settlements in TPOC reporting.

7/18/2024 - 2 min read

Mid-Year “Round-Up” 2024 – tracking Medicare and claims updates

Stay updated on 2024’s key claim trends: Medicare changes, Section 111 penalties, TPOC/WCMSA reporting, MSAs, FROI/SROI, TPLF, and more.

4/9/2024 - 1 min read

CMS to hold second TPOC/WCMSA webinar on April 16, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. ET

CMS will be holding its second TPOC/WCMSA webinar on April 16th to discuss its plans to use Section 111 TPOC reporting to collect WCMSA data as part NGHP Section 111 reporting.

11/16/2023 - 10 min read

CMS discusses plans to capture WCMSA data points as part of TPOC reporting during recent Section 111 webinar

CMS held a webinar to discuss its plans to require Section 111 (RREs) to report data points related to WCMSAs

1/22/2021 - 6 min read

CMS releases new NGHP Section 111 User Guide (Version 6.2, January 11, 2021)

CMS has released an updated Section 111 NGHP User Guide (Version 6.2, January 11, 2021) regarding non-group health plans (liability, no-fault, and workers’ compensation).

11/13/2020 - 5 min read

CMS releases new NGHP Section 111 User Guide (Version 6.1) and Technical Alert

CMS’ recently released NGHP Section 111 User Guide and Technical alert outline the eventually elimination of the ‘SP31’ error notices and updates to the “soft error” classifications.

10/6/2020 - 5 min read

CMS releases new NGHP Section 111 User Guide (Version 6.0) and updated accepted/excluded ICD code listings

On 10/5/20, CMS released an updated Section 111 NGHP User Guide, V. 6.0. They also released updated versions of accepted and excluded ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes for 2021.

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8/14/2020 - 3 min read

CMS holds Section 111 NGHP update webinar

On 8/13, CMS held a webinar on Section 111 non-group health plan reporting. The webinar covered NGHP Section 111 reporting best practices and MSPRP enhancements.

8/11/2020 - 4 min read

OIRA releases updated information Section 111 CMPs

OIRA released an updated notice on the status of CMS’s Section 111 civil money penalties proposals. CMS released the proposals in February 2020 and opened a public comment period that closed on 4/20/20.

7/1/2020 - 2 min read

CMS releases new NGHP Section 111 User Guide (Version 5.9)

CMS has released an updated Section 111 NGHP User Guide (Version 5.9, June 29, 2020) regarding non-group health plans (liability, no-fault and workers’ compensation).

6/16/2020 - 9 min read

Key changes to Michigan PIP start July 1, 2020 – Medicare Secondary Payer compliance impact

While individuals will still be able to elect unlimited PIP coverage, for applicable policies issued or renewed after 7/1/20, PIP plans with different coverage limits may also now be purchased.

6/12/2020 - 2 min read

CMS releases Section 111 alert regarding the reporting of no-fault insurance and med-pay policy limits on claim input files

Limits on NGHP claim input files in situations where separate Med-Pay and PIP coverages being paid out under a single policy for the same injured party and incident.

5/1/2020 - 19 min read

Court finds state of Rhode Island compliant with Section 111 despite its inability to obtain social security information to determine Medicare status and enforces settlement

The U.S. District Court in Ruiz v. Rhode Island was called upon to address whether a personal injury settlement should be enforced even though the defendant was unable to obtain the plaintiff’s social security number, or the last five digits of his SSN, to determine his Medicare status through CMS’s Section 111 Query Process.

4/21/2020 - 8 min read

CMS’s Section 111 civil money penalties comment period closes

With the comment period closed, the focus now turns to when CMS will issue its Final Rule, which will comprise of the agency’s official CMP regulations.