Medicare Secondary Payer Act

Payment Matters: Changes to Medicare Secondary Payer Conditional Payment Rules

Health care providers routinely treat Medicare beneficiaries who are injured from an accident or an employment injury. If another payment source like a personal injury no fault policy, workers’ compensation insurance policy,...more

The SMART Act: A Bipartisan Attempt to Make the MSP Act Workable

On January 10, 2013, President Obama signed into law H.R. 1845, which includes the Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2011 (SMART Act). The SMART Act amends several portions of the Medicare Secondary Payer...more

Congress Amends the Medicare Secondary Payer Act

On December 31, 2012, Congress sent the Medicare IVIG Access and Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act (“the Act”) of 2012 to President Barack Obama for signature. The Act had strong bipartisan support, passing in...more