GAO: CMS Contractors Backlogged because of MSA Reporting

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefSome stakeholders involved in handling settlements under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act said a report on backlogs in the system released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) this month should speed up debate on bills in Congress intended to reform the way Medicare reports and recovers conditional payments.In a study conducted in response to a request by U.S. Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., the GAO reported that the three contractors hired by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to administer the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Act a...