Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule, (CMS-4180-F) impacting Medicare Advantage Plans (MAP) and Part D programs. The rule aims to ensure that patients have greater transparency into the cost of prescription drugs, so that beneficiaries can compare options and also enables MAPs to negotiate better prices for […] Continue
Earlier this week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released an updated Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP) user guide, which can be found here. The most significant updates relate to the electronic payment process for demands on the MSPRP, as we discussed here on our blog, however as noted by CMS in the […] Continue
The slides from a recent webinar held by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the upcoming enhancement to the Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP) allowing electronic payments are now available, and can be viewed here. As we discussed recently here on our blog, Non-Group Health Plans (liability insurers (including self-insurers), no-fault […] Continue
Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) held a high level overview webinar of changes coming to the Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP), as we recently discussed here on our blog. The webinar addressed the most recent upcoming enhancement, which will allow electronic payments to be submitted directly through the MSPRP. As […] Continue
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced two upcoming webinars, aimed at addressing payment functionalities within both the Medicare Secondary Payment Recovery Portal (MSPRP) and Commercial Repayment Center Portal. These latest enhancements to the conditional payment recovery process will enable users of the CMS maintained portals to make electronic payments for […] Continue