The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released its long-awaited proposed rule for imposition of mandatory civil penalties to enforce the Mandatory Insurer Reporting program commonly known as “Section 111 Reporting.”

By now, most of our readers are familiar with the Mandatory Insurer Reporting statute, commonly called “Section 111 Reporting,” because it originated in Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007.

Today, CMS announced two town hall meetings taking place on January 14, 2020, to discuss topics related to recovery processes of the Commercial Repayment Center (CRC), the branch of CRC responsible for collecting reimbursement of Medicare conditional payments from insurance carriers and self-insured entities.

In what appears to be a trend lately, we are seeing more instances of cases where The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is referring older claims (often thought by the adjuster to have been closed long ago) to the United States Treasury for collection.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made two welcome announcements today that impact the Medicare Secondary Payer compliance community.