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03/12/21 Mark Popolizio, Kate Riordan, Jeremy Farquhar A major Medicare secondary payer (MSP) watch-list item for 2021 continues to be how and when CMS will implement the Provide Accurate Information Directly (PAID) Act. Signed into law on December 11, 2020, the PAID Act will make changes to CMSs Section 111 Query Process. In general, under the PAID Act, CMS will be required to provide RREs with information regarding a claimants Medicare Part C (Medicare Advantage) and Medicare Part D (prescrip...

12/16/20 Mark Popolizio, Kate Riordan In a major development on the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) compliance front, on December 11th, President Trump signed into law the Provide Accurate Information Directly (PAID) Act as part of H.R 8900 which is a bill that, in part, extends the governments fiscal deadlines to avoid a government shutdown. The PAID Acts provisions are included as part of H.R. 8900 in Title III, Section 1301 entitled “Transparency of Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting Infor...