CMS Webinar: Mastering Mandatory Reporting for Insurance Providers

Mark your calendars! The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosts an essential webinar on Section 111 Non-Group Health Plan (NGHP) Reporting. This event is crucial for those involved in liability insurance (including self-insurance), no-fault insurance, and workers' compensation.

Chaos for Workers' Compensation Programs--The Elimination of Social Security Numbers?

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is readying a fraud prevention initiative that removes Social Security Numbers (SSN) from Medicare cards to help combat identity theft and safeguard taxpayer dollars. The question remains whether the elimination will cause chaos in state workers' compensation programs since the SSNs have historically been utilized as personal identifiers.

Chaos in Workers' Compensation - Raising Medicare's Eligibility Age to 67

A new issue for workers' compensation programs is  emerging as  the Republicans push forward on their legislative agenda to reform Medicare. Uncertainty over the impact of raising the eligibility age for Medicare from 65 to 67 may seriously and adversely impact the nation's network of fragile workers' compensation schemes. Furthermore, looming in the background is also the elimination of The Affordable Care Act and the consequence of a large pool of uninsured again seniors.

CMS Town Hall Conference - Coordination of Benefits & Recovery for Liability Insurance (including Self-Insurance), NoFault Insurance and Workers’ Compensation

Town Hall Teleconference– November 17, 2016 
Coordination of Benefits & Recovery for Liability Insurance (including Self-Insurance), NoFault Insurance and Workers’ Compensation

On November 17, 2016, CMS will host a teleconference to connect with stakeholders and provide status updates. CMS expects to discuss the following topics:

• Ongoing Responsibility for Medicals (ORM) recovery, 
• Final Conditional Payment (CP) process reminders, 
• Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP) improvements.