03/03/21
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a
notice announcing that it will be holding a Benefits Coordination & Recovery Center (BCRC) and Commercial Repayment Center (CRC) Non-Group Health Plan (NGHP) town hall on April 1, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. ET.
Per CMS s notice, this town hall will “discuss common NGHP topics” and indicates that the panel will entertain questions regarding Section 111 reporting and NGHP recovery issues.
CMS s notice states as follows:
CMS will be hosting a town hall to discuss common NGHP topics. During this town hall, staff from CMS, the BCRC and the CRC will all be on hand to answer your NGHP related questions. Whether you have questions about Section 111 reporting or about NGHP recovery, this town hall will be beneficial. Questions for this town hall can be submitted in advance to
12/14/20
Shawn Johnson
On December 9th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) held a non-group health plan (NGHP) beneficiary recovery process webinar. As part of CMS s webinar
notice, the agency noted that the intended audience for this event was “attorneys who represent beneficiaries and other beneficiary representatives.”
In this sixty-minute session, CMS and its contractor, the Benefits Coordination & Recovery Center (BCRC), discussed several items related to NGHP beneficiary recovery, including the use of the Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP), authorizations, and demand calculation options. Overall, CMS did not announce any new policy changes and used the session to discuss their existing practices and procedures.