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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.

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.

6/27/2024 - 15 min read

Louisiana Enacts New Third-Party Litigation Funding (TPLF) Law

Louisiana Governor signs Senate Bill 355 (S.B. 355) adding two new chapters to Louisiana’s Revised Statutes.

1/11/2023 - 22 min read

Understanding Medicare Treasury claims – avoiding the pitfalls and steps for success

In this article, the author provides a general overview of Treasury collection actions in relation to CMS’s non-group health plan recovery process.

6/30/2022 - 2 min read

Claims commitment: Empowering insurers on the innovation journey

The insurance industry has experienced tremendous change in the past few years.

11/10/2020 - 6 min read

Medicare conditional payment round-up

CMS has been quite active this year announcing several updates to its Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal and holding a recent webinar on redetermination requests

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8/25/2020 - 12 min read

U.S. Department of Justice and plaintiff law firm reached a settlement to resolve a Medicare conditional payment claim

The DOJ’s Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has settled a Medicare conditional payment claim with the plaintiff law firm.

7/14/2020 - 4 min read

CMS releases updated Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP) user guide (Version 4.9)

CMS has released an updated Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal User Guide (Version 4.9, July 13, 2020). CMS has made multiple updates to the MSPRP, which the agency lists in Chapter I at page 1-1.

3/30/2020 - 9 min read

Settling claims in unsettling times

In a time of social distancing and uncertainty, many are left wondering how our current working and social paradigm will impact workers’ compensation claims handling – especially being able to close claims.

3/6/2020 - 2 min read

CMS releases town hall question/answer document

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a question/answer document in follow up to its January 14, 2010 town hall call.

1/21/2020 - 7 min read

CMS holds town hall call to discuss NGHP conditional payment recovery issues

On 1/14/20, CMS held a call to discuss recovery issues related to the Commercial Repayment Center and on-going responsibility for medicals with respect to non-group health claims (e.g., liability, self-insurance, no-fault, workers’ compensation, etc.).

1/10/2020 - 6 min read

Philadelphia law firm reaches settlement with U.S. Department of Justice regarding alleged failure to resolve Medicare conditional payments

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has issued a news release reporting that a Philadelphia personal injury law firm has entered into a settlement for $6,604.59 with the United States to resolve allegations that it failed to reimburse certain Medicare payments made to medical providers on behalf of the firm’s clients.

10/7/2019 - 7 min read

Conditional payment updates | Open Debt Reports are back; Pre-PCN worksheets are on hold; and CRC will continue to review all CPL disputes

There has been a flurry of recent activity from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Commercial Repayment Center (CRC) regarding processing of conditional payment claims.

5/16/2019 - 8 min read

Reality check: Debunking the myths of Medicare Secondary Payer compliance

MSP is a challenging area of compliance for which federal law, regulations, and policy don’t always provide clear answers. It’s vital to understand fact vs fiction.

2/13/2019 - 10 min read

Top 10 Medicare Secondary Payer trends in 2019

MSP compliance is rapidly evolving – policy changes, stricter regulations, new legislation, and emerging case law are making compliance more complex.