Articles and Speeches
Medicare Issues Rules for Reporting Bill Write-Offs, Goodwill Gestures, and Clinical Trial Payments: Failure to Report Can Result in $1,000 Per Day Penalties
June 9, 2010
Eli A. Poliakoff
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") has issued long-awaited guidance for reporting to the federal government certain bill write-offs and goodwill gestures made to Medicare beneficiaries. These so-called "Section 111" Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting requirements are not limited to healthcare providers. Failure to report can result in a $1,000 per day, per claim penalty regardless of the payment or write-off amount.
