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MARC Announces Introduction of the RAMP Act in 119th Congress

06/20/2025

Washington, DC (June 20, 2025)  Today, the Medicare Advocacy and Recovery Coalition (MARC) celebrated the introduction of the Repair Abuses of MSP Payments Act (RAMP Act, H.R. 4056), introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Representative Brad Schneider (D-IL). The legislation advocates for modernizing the broken and outdated MSP “private cause […]

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MARC Coalition Sends Letter to CMS Regarding MSA Reporting Concerns

01/23/2025

January 23, 2025 (Washington, DC) – The MARC Coalition today sent a letter to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services urging the Agency to reform its proposal to require entities settling claims with Medicare beneficiaries to report any “Medicare Set Aside” or MSA arrangements as part of the Section 111 process. The letter requested clarification […]

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MARC Coalition Hosts Webinar to Discuss Section 111 Civil Money Penalties

10/28/2024

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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MARC Celebrates Bicameral and Bipartisan Introduction of the RAMP Act in Congress

05/17/2023

Washington, DC (May 17, 2023) Today the Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) applauded Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) for introducing the Repair Abuses of MSP Payments Act (RAMP Act, S.1607/H.R.3388) in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives, respectively.

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Letter to CMS ORM

03/24/2023

The MARC Coalition recently submitted a letter to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, outlining three specific requests for how the ORM program could be reformed in a beneficial manner for all stakeholders.

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Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) Urges Beneficiaries to Support Legislative Reforms to Improve Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Program

02/22/2023

WASHINGTON, DC – February 22, 2023 – Established in 2008 with a mission to improve the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) program, the Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) has unveiled a new website aimed at improving their critically important work.

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The PAID Act is Now the Law

12/11/2020

The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) thanks the Congress for passing the PAID Act (H.R. 1375, Section 1301 of H.R. 8900) on December 11, 2020.  The bill was brought to the House Floor and passed by voice vote on December 8, 2020. 

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Growing Number of Organizations Urge Congressional Support for the Paid Act

09/30/2020

In a letter addressed to Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), seventeen organizations and companies representing the Medicare Secondary Payer-regulated community urged Congress to pass the bipartisan Provide Accurate Information Directly (PAID) Act (S.1989/H.R.1375).

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