Medicare Advocacy and Recovery Coalition

WASHINGTON, DC – The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) today commended Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) for introducing the Provide Accurate Information Directly Act (PAID Act) (S. 1989), a bipartisan bill to improve the Medicare Secondary Payer process and provide a clear framework to enable the smoother coordination of benefits between settling […]

BY RON KIND & GUS BILIRAKIS MORNING CONSULT Every year, an estimated 500,000 personal injury-related cases are settled in the United States, by far the largest area of civil litigation in the country. Tort cases, workers compensation claims and even auto accidents typically lead to a settlement where the liable party must pay for an individual’s medical expenses. While […]

BY RE KNACK, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR THE HILL  Accidents happen every day. From a slip-and-fall at the shopping center to fender-benders on the highway, to more serious cases involving life-threatening injuries. Often these situations resolve through a negotiated settlement, where the entity alleged to have caused the accident ends up settling a portion of the individual’s claims, including claims for […]

WASHINGTON, DC – The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) today applauded the introduction of the Provide Accurate Information Directly Act (PAID Act) (H.R. 1375), a bipartisan bill to improve the Medicare Secondary Payer process and provide a clear framework for communication among involved stakeholders. “The PAID Act will ensure that there is a clear and […]

In an article for CLM Magazine, MARC Coalition’s Heather Sanderson urges primary plans to consider best practices as courts rule in favor of Medicare Advantage Plans (MAP) recovering double damages. Sanderson astutely notes that with both the 3rd and 11th Circuit Courts finding in favor of MAPs being allowed to bring an Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) private cause of […]

In health policy, the minutia is not trivial; it’s essential. Small incentives created by policymakers can have a significant impact upon how Medicare beneficiaries, doctors, hospitals and insurers respond to health care claims. But sometimes policies — even the most well-intentioned — can have unintended consequences, leading to wasted resources, burdensome regulations and broken promises to […]

MARC’s Heather Sanderson and David Farber penned an article in CLM Magazine outlining issues within Medicaid Third Party Liability (TPL)  programs that can be solved by implementing the Provide Accurate Information Directly (PAID) Act. “The good news is that congress has the opportunity to get Medicaid TPL right. First, Congress should focus the data and follow the money by […]

MEDVAL reports on the introduction of the PAID Act and its potential to improve Medicare Secondary Payer program. “H.R. 5881 proposes that CMS share information regarding enrollment in MAP, Part D, and Medicaid to assist with the timely discovery of conditional payments and liens.  As we have seen and written about here on our blog, we […]