Posts by Chris Nation

Insurers Stress ‘Good-Faith’ Exception to CMS Reporting Penalties image

Insurers Stress ‘Good-Faith’ Exception to CMS Reporting Penalties

Dec 16, 2013 | Chris Nation


The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Studies is seeking proposals on how it should penalize insurers who violate the agency's claim-reporting requirements, and payers are…

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CMS Rolls Out Proposed Appeals Process for Recovery Actions

Dec 27, 2013 | Chris Nation


The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday announced plans to seek comments on proposed rules to implement the first appeals process for insurers…

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CMS to Merge Two Conditional Payment Units in 2014

Dec 31, 2013 | Chris Nation


The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will officially merge the Coordination of Benefits and Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery teams into a single unit,…

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MARC Coalition Applauds Passage of H.R. 4302, Deferring Implementation of the Murray-Ryan Medicaid “Allocation” Provision image

MARC Coalition Applauds Passage of H.R. 4302, Deferring Implementation of the Murray-Ryan Medicaid “Allocation” Provision

Apr 10, 2014 | Chris Nation


The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) applauds the Congress for protecting Medicaid beneficiary rights with the recent passing of H.R. 4302, (SGR Doc Fix). Section…

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MARC Coalition Applauds Bipartisan Senate Letter to CMS Urging Prompt Implementation of the Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers (SMART) Act image

MARC Coalition Applauds Bipartisan Senate Letter to CMS Urging Prompt Implementation of the Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers (SMART) Act

Jul 18, 2014 | Chris Nation


The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) applauds the United States Senate for its bi-partisan letter to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), urging the Agency to implement promptly…

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Medicare Advocacy Coalition (MARC) – An Organization You Should be Interested In

Jan 21, 2015 | Chris Nation


Over the past year, I've been able to learn a lot about the Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC), an organization consisting of representatives from all…

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