U.S. Department of the Treasury

6/20/2018 - 4 min read

Law firm reaches settlement with U.S. Department of Justice to reimburse Medicare conditional payments and start internal MSP compliance program

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 government $28,000.00 to resolve allegations that the firm failed to reimburse Medicare conditional payments, and agreed to start an internal compliance program to ensure timely repayment of conditional payments going forward.

3/28/2018 - 6 min read

CMS’ Medicare Beneficiary Identifier initiative and its Medicare Secondary Payer impact

Starting in April, CMS will begin replacing all Medicare cards with a new unique 11-byte Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) number.

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.”

8/19/2015 - 2 min read

CMS alert: upcoming reduction in time frame for referrals of delinquent debts to Treasury

The CMS released an alert indicating that the time frame for referrals of delinquent debts to the U.S. Department of the Treasury will be reduced from 180 to 120 days.

7/29/2015 - 1 min read

Employee spotlight: Walter Johnson

With Medicare recovery issues a top priority for our clients, we’d like to introduce you to Walter Johnson, our senior lien analyst.

6/22/2015 - 4 min read

Medicare conditional payment compliance: Myth vs. fact

The statutes and regulations that govern Medicare have been referred to by courts as “the most completely impenetrable texts within human experience.” With the complex nature of Medicare compliance comes the resulting confusion. Don’t fall victim to these Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) misconceptions.