Latest Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition Stories
Passage of legislation produces wins for Medicare beneficiaries, the Medicare Trust Fund and businesses resolving claims. Coalition applauds Senators Ron Wyden (D-Or) and Rob Portman (R-Oh) for their bipartisan leadership. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) today applauded the United States Senate for passage of The Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers (SMART) Act - H.R. 1063, now renumbered as H.R. 1845....
Passage of legislation produces wins for Medicare beneficiaries, the Medicare Trust Fund and businesses resolving claims. Coalition applauds Representative Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Ron Kind (D-WI) for their bipartisan leadership. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) today applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passage of The Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers (SMART) Act - H.R. 1063. U.S....
WASHINGTON, April 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/-- The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) applauds the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) for their recently released report titled "Medicare Secondary Payer - Additional Steps Are Needed to Improve Program Effectiveness for Non-Group Health Plans." This GAO report was requested by Representative Stark (D-CA-9) in August of 2010 and reflects many of the issues and solutions that MARC strongly supports...
Proposed legislation produces wins for Medicare beneficiaries, the Medicare Trust Fund and businesses resolving claims. Coalition applauds Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rob Portman (R-OH) for their bipartisan leadership. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) today announced its support for The Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers (SMART) Act - S. 1718. U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) are...
Proposed legislation produces multiple wins for Medicare beneficiaries, the Medicare Trust Fund and businesses resolving claims. Coalition recognizes Congressmen Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Ron Kind (D-WI) for their strong, bipartisan leadership. WASHINGTON, March 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) today announced its support for HR 1063, The Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act (SMART Act). Introduced by Congressman Tim Murphy...
Bradley v. Sebelius and US v. Stricker WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) today praised two recent court decisions resolving important issues affecting the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) program. Both cases illustrate the difficulty of working with the current Medicare Secondary Payer laws. Courts have described the MSP laws as "convoluted and complex" and a "model of un-clarity". While these decisions provide guidance on some...
Proposed legislation streamlines process to expedite Medicare trust fund, beneficiary reimbursements Coalition recognizes Pennsylvania congressmen WASHINGTON, March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) today announced its support for HR 4796, the Medicare Secondary Payer Enhancement Act of 2010. Introduced by Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-PA) and Congressman Tim Murphy (R-PA), the bill supports the government's need to be reimbursed for Medicare...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) today applauds the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS, for their decision to defer the reporting deadline for Section 111 MMSEA Mandatory Insurer Reporting. "The industry has been working diligently to build in infrastructure to supply data to CMS, investing millions of dollars to ensure compliance with the data share regulation." said Roy Franco, co-chairperson of MARC and director of...
BALTIMORE, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC), a broad-based group advocating for Medicare Secondary Payor reform, today announced its appreciation for the federal extension of the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) reporting requirements for liability and other non-group health claims. By program memorandum, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it was extending implementation of the MSP reporting process by three months, until...
Positive agency reception sets stage for productive partnership BALTIMORE, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC), a broad-based group to advocate for Medicare Secondary Payor reform, laid the groundwork for improving the Medicare Secondary Payor process following its inaugural meeting with officials from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). "Our purpose was to introduce MARC as an industry resource to CMS and offer to assist with compliance...
