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 government s fiscal deadlines to avoid a government shutdown. The PAID Act s provisions are included as part of H.R. 8900 in Title III, Section 1301 entitled “Transparency of Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting Information.”
Before the president signed H.R. 8900 into law, the PAID Act initially passed the House on December 8th as a stand-alone bill (H.R. 1375) and as a provision within the BENES Act (H.R. 2477). It subsequently also passed the House on December 9th as part of the government extension bill, H.R. 8900. It ultimately passed in the Senate on December 11th as part of the financial extension provisions contained in H.R. 8900.
12/14/20
Shawn Johnson
On December 9th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) held a non-group health plan (NGHP) beneficiary recovery process webinar. As part of CMS s webinar
notice, the agency noted that the intended audience for this event was “attorneys who represent beneficiaries and other beneficiary representatives.”
In this sixty-minute session, CMS and its contractor, the Benefits Coordination & Recovery Center (BCRC), discussed several items related to NGHP beneficiary recovery, including the use of the Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP), authorizations, and demand calculation options. Overall, CMS did not announce any new policy changes and used the session to discuss their existing practices and procedures.