CMS Requests Public Comments On Mandatory Reporting

The Centers for Medicare and Medicad Services (CMS) has published a public notice requesting comments on the definition of a Responsible Reporting Entity (RRE) to comply with MMSEA Section 111.

The proposed changes would replace the existing Section 7.1 of the User Guide. The proposals would further define:

1. Who Must Report

2. TPAs (Third Party Administrators)

3. RRE (Responsible Reporting Entities)

4. Deductible Issues

5. Fronting Policies

6. Re-insurance, Stop Loss Insurance, Excess Insurance, Umbrella Insurance, etc.

7. Multiple Defendants

8. Self-Insurance Pools

9. Assigned Claim Funds

10. Workers' Compensation

11. Liquidation

12. Bankruptcy

13. Multi-National Organizations, Foreign Nations, American Indian, Alaskan Native Tribes

Comments must be submitted by August 16, 2009.