The hiring of a Medicare Set Aside (“MSA”) allocation vendor is an important decision when settling a worker’s compensation or liability matter. The future medical costs included in the allocation report can make or break a case.
CMS has revamped the Medicare recovery process, creating a more efficient and less questionable path for the verification of Medicare conditional payments.
CMS has made the following updates to the MMSEA section of the CMS website: http://www.cms.gov/mandatoryinsrep/04_whats_new.asp:
In CMS’ efforts to improve the quality of care, as of October 1, 2008 Medicare will not pay for certain injuries/conditions acquired during inpatient care, these injuries/conditions have been named by CMS as “never events” or “hospital acquired conditions” (HACs).
In order for CMS to accurately coordinate payments made by Medicare to ensure appropriate payment, Medicare requires the HICN (Health Insurance Claim Number) or the SSN and the EIN (Employer Identification Number).
Medicare claim denial is unfortunately a common problem that Medicare beneficiaries are faced with.
Question: I have a case where the hospital has a claim that needs to be submitted to Medicaid for payment.