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New Deadline Dates For Medicare Set-Aside Reporting
For the past six months, the government has been struggling to come up with new, stronger reporting procedures and deadlines designed to prevent Medicare from double-paying Medicare recipients who are...
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Date For First Production NGHP Input Files Has Been Moved From April 1, 2010...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently sent an advisory to all NGHP Responsible Reporting Entities (RREs) stating that the date for first production NGHP Input Files has been...
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Revised Timelines for CMS Claims Reporting
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has just issued revised timelines for Mandatory Insurer Reporting. The CMS announced the new implementation timelines for reporting claims under...
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Big R Towing – Court Determines Medicare Set-Aside in Liability Settlement
Being creative is always an asset when it comes to liability settlements–cautiously creative that is. Such was the case with Big R Towing v. Benoit, 2011 WL 43219 (January 6, 2011, W.D.La.). Both...
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New Non-Profit to Provide Free Medicare Set-Aside Administration Beginning...
A new not-for-profit group, the Medicare Secondary Payer Charitable Foundation (MSPCF), announced it will provide free Medicare Set-Aside administration for qualified beneficiaries starting October 1....
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Announced Tiered Delays for TPOC...
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced September 30 that it has revised the reporting implementation timeline for certain liability insurance (including self-insurance) for Total...
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Coming Soon – New MSPRC Web Portal to Speed Up Conditional Payment Settlements
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will soon introduce a web-based tool called Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP) to help in submitting and obtaining...
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President Obama Signs SMART Act Into Law
The SMART Act was signed by President Obama on January 10, 2013 after it had passed in both branches of Congress. The act amends portions of the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) statute and is intended...
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Workers’ Comp Cases and Structured Settlements
This article by Pat Farber appeared in OCTLA’s, The Gavel Magazine, Summer 2014 Using structured settlements in personal injury cases is a common occurrence. What is less known is their prevalence to...
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Important News About Liability Medicare Set-Asides
Medicare Set-Asides (MSAs) are often an important element in structured settlement planning. The purpose of MSAs is to “set aside” funds from the structured settlement so the injured party can pay for...
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