Medicare Advocacy and Recovery Coalition

Agoura Hills, CA – September 29, 2010 – Pacific Compensation Insurance Company (PacificComp), California Workers’ Comp Specialist®, applauds the passage by the California Legislature of Assembly Joint Resolution 42, authored by Assembly Member Jose Solorio (DSanta Ana). The Resolution calls upon the U.S. Congress and President Barack Obama to enact H.R. 4796, the Medicare Secondary […]

In March, Mark Hodesh watched the debate, read the stories, and closely studied the health care reform bill. And after taking in all the changes and how the reform law would affect the 11-person, 100-year-old Downtown Home and Garden store he runs in Ann Arbor, he calculated that he would actually save money and could […]

It’s a law that’s been on the books just shy of 30 years, but is still being hotly discussed and interpreted in jurisdictions across the country. “This is not a new law, but it is a law that’s been honored in the breach, largely, since 12/5/80,” says the federal prosecutor in Buffalo who oversees enforcement […]

This past March, important legislation was introduced in Congress that will change how Medicare Secondary Payer claims can be handled and managed.  Read more here.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) today announced its support for HR 4796, the Medicare Secondary Payer Enhancement Act of 2010. Introduced by Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-PA) and Congressman Tim Murphy (R-PA), the bill supports the government‟s need to be reimbursed for Medicare expenses while streamlining the payment process and providing all […]

WASHINGTON, DC – The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) today applauds the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS, for their decision to defer the reporting deadline for Section 111 MMSEA Mandatory Insurer Reporting. The industry has been working diligently to build in infrastructure to supply data to CMS, investing millions of dollars to ensure […]

A trio of insurance industry trade groups are pressing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to put off an April 1 start date for mandatory reporting of Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) information, a program designed to reduce the likelihood of medical costs being shifted to the federal government.  “Despite our best efforts and those […]

The Medicare Secondary Payer law essentially allows the U.S. government to recover reimbursement from insurers and self-insured plans that are legally required to the primary source of payment of medical care for individuals eligible for Medicare who settle a liability claim According to the Code of Federal Regulations, 42 CFR 411.25, the parties also are […]