There are many ways during Medicaid enrollment and claims processing to identify if a member has primary coverage. The discovery of other health information occurs in three points; during the application process, prospectively when claims are processed, and post-payment (Pay & Chase). By simply deploying...
Why GAO Did This Study During fiscal year 2013, Medicaid - collectively funded by states and the federal government - delivered health care insurance coverage to over 70 million people at an overall cost of about $460 billion. Our lawmakers generally established Medicaid as the health...
Recently, I got into a discussion with a state Medicaid TPL director about RFPs for third party liability cost avoidance work. I feel that our cost avoidance solution would greatly benefit state-run plans, but RFPs are nearly always written for a single vendor to handle an assortment of...
E-Perscribing: What it is, how it works, and how it can help Medicaid save millions of dollars Payer of last resort providers face the difficult task of recovering payments when the recipient does not present primary coverage information at the time services are rendered. For a...
In the previous post, I discussed how ProTPL uses Rx claims to "trigger" cost avoidance, not only for pharmacy claims, but for medical claims as well. In the case study that started in 2012, we see how this is put into practice. There are two key...
When ProTPL discovers other health insurance, you can reverse the latest claim and ensure that future claims, whether pharmacy or medical, aren’t paid in error. Discovering other health insurance fast, triggered by Pharmacy claims, allows you to intercept the medical claims, such as office or...
Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Senate Finance Committee sent out a letter to associations serving Medicaid health plans in pursuit of suggestions on best practices connected to cost controls, the use of data and quality of care. The leaders want to gain a...
Third parties are organizations or people who are legally liable for paying the healthcare claims of Medicaid beneficiaries. Federal legislation and policies mandate states to guarantee that Medicaid is to be the payer of last resort. Medicaid beneficiaries are consequently obligated to utilize all other...
With the increased awareness that government officials have paid to the need for accurate Medicaid claims information within federal government healthcare systems, one may have expected that now, nearly two years since an inspector general testified that much of the data used to identify improper...
The intent of the Effective Practices Guide, presented by CMS in collaboration with various state COB/Third Party Liability units is to provide state Medicaid agencies with information on practices that could assist states in improving their identification and successful pursuit of legally liable third party...
