Breaking CMS Medicare Updates
CMS to hold town hall call on November 17
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will conduct a town hall teleconference November 17, 2016.
Zero allocations: CMS backs down from drastic changes
From the moment CMS proposed changes to the process, we outlined why we strongly believe that the workers' compensation industry should not stand idly.
CMS news alert: Zero allocations are far from over
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made news this week by purportedly “correcting” their position on zero allocations.
CMS updates Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal
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…
New WCRC contract bid could indicate expansion of MSAs beyond workers' compensation
On September 6, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updated a previously released pre solicitation notice.
Will CMS expand MSA reviews to liability cases and other claims?
On June 9, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is considering expanding its voluntary Medicare Set-Aside (MSA).
Never-ending ORM and what CMS should do about it
The past year has seen tremendous change in Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) compliance. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced rolling recovery to…
CMS releases new final rule: Expedited conditional payment process
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…
CMS announces Medicare Beneficiary Identifier implementation timeline
In April 2015, Congress required the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) to find an alternative to the existing…
Conditional payments update: Thousands of letters and notices issued
In a brief alert issued on February 11, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that since the October transition of conditional payment…
Medicare Secondary Payer implication indicated in proposed 2017 budget
The President’s fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget, which starts October 1, 2016, proposes $4.1 trillion in spending. Of this, an estimated $1.0 trillion in mandatory and…
New CMS claims payment process begins January 1, 2016
On December 24, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a reminder that its claims payment process for ongoing responsibility for medicals (ORM)…
CMS releases additional information on the new expedited conditional payment process
On December 21, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released additional information regarding its continued implementation of the new expedited…
CMS to finalize new expedited conditional payment process
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced plans to modify its Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP) to include final conditional…
Preparing for ICD-10: are you ready?
For the past year, it’s been difficult to overlook the numerous reminders from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the upcoming transition from…