What is the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act (MMSEA)?
A85. On December 29, 2007, former President George W. Bush signed into law the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, or “MMSEA”. The MMSEA requires all liability insurers, including self-insurers, no fault insurers and workers’ compensation insurers, to determine whether the claimant/plaintiff is Medicare eligible and to report specific data to a centralized data bank. The MMSEA (PL 110-173) amends the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) provisions of the Social Security Act (Section 1862(b) of the Social Security Act; 42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)) to provide for mandatory reporting for group health plan arrangements, liability insurance (including self-insurance), no-fault insurance, and workers’ compensation. The provisions will begin to be implemented January 1, 2009, for information about group health plan arrangements, and July 1, 2009, for information about liability insurance, no-fault insurance, and workers’ compensation. The MMSEA creates Responsible Reporting Entities or “RRE”
