SPORTS BUZZ/Tradition, grunts and the Answer – Newark Post
SPORTS BUZZ/Tradition, grunts and the Answer – Newark Post
Delaware’s Medicaid participants who get their prescriptions filled at Walgreens now have an additional 30 days to do so, if they choose. The state announced today that the chain has agreed to remain a Medicaid provider for that period of time so …
Source: newarkpostonline.com
[Guidance Overview] New Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting Obligations for Workers’ Compensation Plans
Excerpt: “Beginning July 1, 2009, many employers and insurance companies will be required to report claims for workers’ compensation claimants that are also Medicare beneficiaries to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and become subject to a $1,000 per day per claimant penalty for failure to comply with this mandatory reporting requirement.” (Littler Mendelson P.C.)
Source: www.littler.com
[Guidance Overview] CMS Update of Creditable Coverage Disclosure to CMS Form
Excerpt: “EBIA Comment: Happily, there are few changes to the Disclosure to CMS Form, and none of them are rocket science. Most seem aimed at fixing practical problems raised by how individuals were filling out the previous version of the Form.” (Employee Benefits Institute of America)
Source: www.ebia.com
Government Health Plan Would Hurt Quality, Innovation, Choice – Richmond Times-Dispatch
For more than a year, health plans have been working collaboratively with federal lawmakers and key stakeholders to facilitate the ongoing health care reform effort. While there has been remarkable consensus on many fronts, there has not been …
Source: www.timesdispatch.com
[Guidance Overview] New Medicare Reporting Requirements (PDF)
5 pages. Excerpt: “In general, effective January 1, 2009, insurers, third party administrators, and administrators of self-insured and self-administered group health plans must collect specified information from plan participants and report this information to CMS. If your group health plan’s third party administrator does not already have a voluntary data sharing arrangement with CMS, implementation begins April 1, 2009.” (Bryan Cave LLP)
Source: www.bryancave.com