Section 111 Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Records Will Accept Future Effective Date

Effective October 4, 2021, Section 111 MSP record submissions will accept effective dates up to three months in the future for Group Health Plan (GHP) claims.  Because Medicare entitlement records may have effective dates up to three months in the future, CMS is updating the COB&R systems to accept these future MSP effective dates.  When a S111 GHP record is submitted and the Medicare Beneficiary’s entitlement is in the future (up to 3 months) and there are no errors, the system will now create an MSP record with a future MSP Effective Date. For S111 GHP records, a future MSP Effective Date (up to 3 months) will be accepted for beneficiaries with both current and future entitlement start dates (i.e., for prospective enrollments). For example, if a Responsible Reporting Entity submits an MSP record on 10/05/2021 and the beneficiary’s Medicare entitlement date is 01/01/2022, the Benefits Coordination and Recovery Center (BCRC) will now accept the Medicare entitlement date of 01/01/2022 as the MSP effective date.

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