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MARC Coalition Hosts Webinar to Discuss Section 111 Civil Money Penalties
October 28, 2024 (Washington, DC) – The MARC Coalition today hosted a webinar about Section 111 Civil Money Penalties at 2:00pm ET. David Farber, Partner at King and Spalding, and Susan Lin, Divisional AVP – Corporate Claims, Medicare Strategy at Great American Insurance Group, were the presenters. The hour-long webinar featured a presentation to discuss the […]
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Morning Consult: Medicaid Third Party Liability and the Healthy Kids ACT – It’s Time
Among the many efforts to streamline and improve Medicaid, there has not been considerable focus over the past five years to improve the states’ Medicaid “third party liability” programs. Fortunately, Congress has the chance to correct that now by enacting the Medicaid TPL provisions of the Healthy Kids Act (H.R. 3921) that was recently approved […]
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The MARC Monitor: October 2017
Welcome to The MARC Monitor, your monthly update on federal secondary payer policy. As you may know, the Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) is a national coalition advocating for the improvement of the Medicare and Medicaid Secondary Payer (MSP) programs. Each month, we’ll be bringing to your inbox the latest news, activities, and alerts on […]
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MARC Coalition Supports Introduction of the Secondary Payer Advancement, Rationalization, and Clarification Act (SPARC Act) – H.R. 6120
WASHINGTON, October 11, 2016/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) today announced its support for the Secondary Payer Advancement, Rationalization, and Clarification Act (SPARC Act – H.R. 6120), introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives on September 22, 2016. Congressmen Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Ron Kind (D-WI) are leading a bipartisan effort to improve […]
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Portman, Wyden Lead Effort to Make Medicare Secondary Payer Program More Efficient, Save Taxpayer Dollars
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are leading a bipartisan effort that includes U.S. Senators Ben Nelson (D- Neb.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.) to make the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Program more efficient and cost effective to taxpayers. The Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers (SMART) Act will speed up […]
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MARC Coalition Praises Two Recent Court Decisions Addressing Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Issues
Bradley v. Sebelius and US v. Stricker October 5, 2010 — The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) today praised two recent court decisions resolving important issues affecting the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) program. Both cases illustrate the difficulty of working with the current Medicare Secondary Payer laws. Courts have described the MSP laws as “convoluted […]
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Municipalities and Medicare
Is a municipality immune from conditional payment liability under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act, 42 U.S.C. §1395y(b)(8)? No. This answer may surprise claims managers for public entities, but the law provides no protection whatsoever for municipalities. Not even federal government agencies are exempt. The rationale is simple: Medicare needs to be made whole. Social Security and […]
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Navigating Medicare Secondary Payer Compliance
The Medicare Secondary Payer Act has been in place for more than two decades. During that time, much has been written regarding the requirements to comply with Medicare. Third-party administrators and self-insureds are particularly vulnerable to changes in Medicare regulations—most recently, and in particular, the State Children Health Insurance Program Extension Act. This article traces […]
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