HURRICANE SANDY'S IMPACT UPON THE MEDICARE CLAIMS
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:50 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Coordination of Benefits Contractor (COBC), which administers both Medicare coordination of benefits and crossover claims functions on behalf of CMS, was directly impacted by Hurricane Sandy. CMS wanted to alert all providers, physicians, suppliers, and their billing vendors about the impact that Hurricane Sandy has had upon the Medicare claims crossover process. As a result of Hurricane Sandy's impacts, the Medicare claims crossover process is operating more slowly than normal. Therefore, providers, physicians, and suppliers may be experiencing a delay in payments from their patients' supplemental payers.
Billing vendors representing providers, physicians, and suppliers need take no action to bill their patients' supplemental payers, as we expect all outstanding crossover claims to be transmitted to supplemental payers by the end of November 2012.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as the Northeast collectively recovers from the aftermath of an unprecedented weather event.
Billing vendors representing providers, physicians, and suppliers need take no action to bill their patients' supplemental payers, as we expect all outstanding crossover claims to be transmitted to supplemental payers by the end of November 2012.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as the Northeast collectively recovers from the aftermath of an unprecedented weather event.