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CMS to Host Change to Section 111 Workers’ Compensation Reporting Webinar on November 13
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be hosting a Change to Section 111 Workers' Compensation Reporting webinar on Monday, November 13, 2023 at 1:00 pm ET. The...
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CMS Issues Notice of Medicare Secondary Payer and Certain Civil Money Penalties Final Rule
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued an alert that it has finalized the rule specifying how and when it will calculate and impose Civil Money Penalties...
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OIRA Issues Notice Regarding Civil Money Penalties Rule. Is a Final Rule on the Way?
by B. Smith The Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) published a notice regarding its review of the Medicare Secondary Payer and Certain Civil...
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CMS to Increase Availability of “Fixed Percentage” Option for Reimbursement of Conditional Payments
by Settlement Consulting Team Medicare recently issued a notice that the requirements associated with the fixed percentage approach to resolving conditional payments associated with certain settlements are changing. Effective October 2,...
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Announces Website Redesign
During the week of September 5, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will launch a redesigned website at CMS.gov with an updated homepage, streamlined navigation, and improved...
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CMS Issues Outage Notifications for Key Services
The migration of the Baltimore Data Center (BDC) to a new Data Center (Ashburn, VA) will have an impact on several key services. There will be outages to the...
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Exploring Conditional Payment Litigation
by P. Czuprynski On 7/12/2023, IMPAXX continued its knowledge series on Medicare Secondary Payer Compliance. In our latest session, Lights, Camera, Action: Exploring Conditional Payment Litigation, we discussed recent federal...
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CMS Clarifies Use of Empty Unsolicited Response Files
by F. Fairchok The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provided a notice on July 12, 2023, to clarify that NGHP Responsible Reporting Entities that have elected to receive...
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CMS Releases WCMSA Self-Administration Toolkit Version 1.4
by B. Smith On July 3, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an updated Self-Administration Toolkit for Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements (WCMSAs), version 1.4. Below...