Mandatory Reporting Audits to Begin with Group Health Insurers

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will soon start auditing group health plans to ensure that carriers are complying with the reporting requirements of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act, and workers' compensation carriers fear they are also in line for government scrutiny.Daniel R. Levinson, inspector general of HHS, rolled out his 2013 work plan on Oct. 2. The work plan gives the first signal that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) may move to fine carriers and third-party administrators (TPAs) $1,000 a day for every late...