© 2009 Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Section 111 - Are You Ready for the New CMS Reporting Requirements? Presented by: Erin S. Zuiker

© 2009 Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Section 111 - Are You Ready for the New

CMS Reporting Requirements? Presented by:

Erin S. ZuikerSmith Moore Leatherwood LLP

434 Fayetteville Street, Suite 2800Raleigh, North Carolina 27601

T: (919) 755-8700F: (919) 755-8800

Lisa K. ShorttSmith Moore Leatherwood LLP

300 N. Greene Street, Suite 1400Greensboro, North Carolina 17401

T: (336) 378-5200F: (336) 378-5400

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Section 111 : New Reporting Rules

• Since 1980, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has had the right to be the Secondary Payer for any medical expenses paid on behalf of a Medicare beneficiary.

• Through the MMSEA Section 111 Reporting Requirements, CMS is exerting its right to always be the payer of last resort.

CMS


Statutory Authority • In 2007, Congress passed new legislation that added teeth to

the existing Medicare Secondary Payer (“MSP”) law.

• The Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (“MMSEA”) amended the MSP provisions at 42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)


Statutory Authority – MMSEA Section 111• Section 111 of the MMSEA:

– Includes mandatory reporting requirements to ensure Medicare’s status as a Secondary payer;

– Imposes new reporting requirements on all GHPs and NGHPs; and

– Includes a penalty for non-compliance = $1,000 per day, per claim.


Section 111 : New Reporting Rules• Mandatory Reporting Requirements:

– To accomplish its status as Secondary Payer, CMS wants to know what entities are settling with Medicare Beneficiaries.

– CMS now wants data, so that it can guarantee its status as a Secondary Payer.

– Section 111 will enable CMS to ensure that it does not make payments if another payer is responsible.


Section 111 : New Reporting Rules

• Section 111 Reporting only applies to Medicare Beneficiaries (it has no application to Medicaid).

• Under Section 111, if you or your organization pays the medical expenses of a Medicare beneficiary, you must report to CMS.


Who is Impacted?

• Responsible Reporting Entities (“RRE”) are those entities required to report data to CMS under Section 111 of the MMSEA

• CMS has categorized RREs into:

– Group Health Plans (“GHPs”); and

– Non-Group Health Plans (“NGHPs”).


GHPs - 42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)(7)

• GHPs - 42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)(7)

– GHP - entity that in return for receipt of a premium, assumes obligation to pay claims.

– Third Party Administrator (“TPA”) – entity that pays or adjudicates claims on behalf of the GHP.

– For MMSEA Section 111, the GHP’s TPA is the RRE.– Implementation began January 1, 2009.– CMS estimates that 70% of all GHP MSP data is

already reported.


NGHPs - 42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)(8)

• Focus of this presentation is on NGHPs


NGHPs – The “applicable plan”

– The “applicable plan” includes:

• Liability insurance (including self-insurance);

• No-fault insurance; and

• Workers’ compensation.


NGHPs

• Unlike GHPs, the TPA for NGHPs is not the RRE, “based solely on its status as a TPA.”

• NGHPs may use an agent for reporting purposes, though the liability for noncompliance remains with the NGHP.


What Must be Reported?

• Section 111 mandates that all payers will be responsible for reporting any:

– Settlements;

– Judgments;

– Awards; or

– Other payments for any medical expenses…

That are paid on behalf of a Medicare beneficiary.


When To Report?


When To Report?

• Section 111 requires a Quarterly Report to be submitted to CMS.

• Each RRE was required to register between May 1, 2009 and September 30, 2009. Though registration remains open.

– The RRE will be assigned an RRE ID.

– Each RRE ID will be assigned a Quarterly File Submission Date.


When To Report?

• Once registered, the RRE will begin a testing phase.

• The testing phase will run through March 31, 2010.

• Live data submissions will begin April 1, 2010.


Responsible Reporting Entity (“RRE”)

• Section 111 mandates that the RRE report specific information to CMS beginning in 2010.

• An RRE is the entity that actually pays the claim on behalf of a Medicare eligible individual.

– Examples:

• An entity has 1st Dollar coverage for their liability insurance, the Insurer is the RRE because the Insurer pays the claim in full.

• An entity has a Self-Insured Retention (“SIR”) amount of $500,000, the Insured is the RRE for any monies paid to a Medicare beneficiary out of the SIR amount.

• An entity does not have an insurance policy, but settles for $10,000 with an injured party who is a Medicare beneficiary, the entity paying the claim is the RRE.


RRE

• The RRE may contract with a TPA for their insurance obligations, however the TPA is not the RRE “based solely on its status as a TPA.”

• The Section 111 Reporting responsibility remains with the RRE.

• The penalty of $1000/day/claim remains with the RRE.


What Data?

• Data elements include:

– Social security number;

– Date of injury;

– Plan information;

– Settlement amounts; and

– Legal representation information.


How is Data Reported?

All submissions must be in an electronic format .


Types of Settlements

• CMS has identified two Types of Settlements:

1. Total Payment Obligation to the Claimant (“TPOC”); and

2. Ongoing Responsibility for Medicals (“ORM”).


TPOC

• TPOC payments require only one reporting event:

– If at time of payment, the individual receiving payment is a current Medicare beneficiary = Report

– If at time of payment, the individual receiving payment is not a current Medicare beneficiary = Do Not Report

• That’s it!


Reporting TPOCs • All TPOCs as of January 1, 2010.

• TPOCs Interim Thresholds:– 2010 – payments below $5000.00 exempt– 2011 – payments below $2000.00 exempt– 2012 – payments below $600.00 exempt

• But note, if multiple TPOCs are reported on the same record or if a deductible is involved, the combined total is used in determining the threshold.


ORM

• ORM payments require two reporting events:

1. If at time of payment, the individual receiving payment is a current Medicare beneficiary = Report; and

2. The second report is at the time the ORM payment obligation terminates.


ORM

• Note: If at the time of payment, the individual is NOT a Medicare beneficiary, but later becomes a Medicare beneficiary, the RRE is responsible for monitoring the individual’s change in status and reporting the data to CMS.


Reporting ORMs • ORMs incurred as of July 1, 2009 are reportable.

• No-fault and liability ORMs, including self-insurance, have no de minimus dollar threshold .

• Workers’ Compensation ORMs – exempt through 12/31/2010, if meet ALL of the following: – “Medicals only”’– “Lost time” of no more than 7 calendar days– All payment(s) has/have been made directly to the

medical provider– Total payment does not exceed $600.00


What will Section 111 Cost to Implement? • CMS estimates it will take RREs approximately 375

hours to develop the administrative processes to comply with Section 111.


What will Section 111 Cost to Implement?• However, compliance requires:

Potential collection and entry of over 200 data fields per claimant;

Potential for 199 error codes;

Ongoing Quarterly Reports;

Internal Monitoring of an individual’s Medicare status for ORM payments; and

Failure to Report = $1000/day/claim.


What will Section 111 Cost to Implement?• CMS has developed strict guidance for reporting:

– Data must be reported in a certain form and format;

– Data must be converted into a “flat file” in ASCII format; and

– Data cannot be reported:• in Excel;• in Word; or• In a manner that does not control every aspect of data entry

into the required field.


Software is designed to drive proper data entry by:

• Restricting field inputs,

• Identifying errors with error reports,

• Formatting fields to the required specifications,

• Automatically creating the reports specified by CMS, and

• Importing the Medicare Response files and generating reports.

Section 111 Medical Payments by Liability Entitieswww.smlcompliance.com


Questions??


Erin S. ZuikerSmith Moore Leatherwood LLP

434 Fayetteville Street, Suite 2800Raleigh, North Carolina 27601

T: (919) 755-8700F: (919) 755-8800

Lisa K. ShorttSmith Moore Leatherwood LLP

300 N. Greene Street, Suite 1400Greensboro, North Carolina 17401

T: (336) 378-5200F: (336) 378-5400

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