Proposed Rule Regarding Section 111 Penalties Issued by Office of Management and Budget

Another notice relevant to the world of MSP compliance has been issued by the Office of Management and Budget. The notice, which was issued following the notice regarding Liability Medicare Set-Asides we previously reported on earlier this week, is titled “Civil Money Penalties and Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting Requirements” ,which can be found here. Per the abstract:

“Section 516 of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 amended the Social Security Act (the Act) by repealing certain duplicative Medicare Secondary Payer reporting requirements. This rule would propose to remove obsolete Civil Money Penalty (CMP) regulations associated with this repeal. The rule would also propose to replace those obsolete regulations by soliciting public comment on proposed criteria and practices for which CMPs would and would not be imposed under the Act, as amended by Section 203 of the Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012 (SMART Act).”

Although this is only a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), this issue is expected to be decided upon in September 2019, corresponding with the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Liability Medicare Set-Asides as well.  Of note, the actual rule was not available for review.

The Gordon and Rees Medicare group will continue to follow this issue closely and will update you as soon as additional information is available.