CMS to Merge Two Conditional Payment Units in 2014

By John P. Kamin, ReporterThe U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will officially merge the Coordination of Benefits and Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery teams into a single unit, which should save workers' compensation attorneys several phone calls a year on conditional payment issues.CMS announced on Dec. 23 that it will launch the Benefits Coordination and Recovery Center on Feb. 1, 2014. Group Health Corp. will run the new center. The company submitted the winning bid for the $319 million contract to consolidate the Coordination of Benefits and Medicare Secondary Payer Rec...