2010.3.30 - setting Trinet straight about Section 111 of MMSEA

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Clay Shentrup <clay@zendesk.com> wrote:

Dana,

The text of Section 111 is:

Requires any entity serving as an insurer or third party administrator for a group health plan, as well as the administrator or fiduciary of any self-insured, self-administered group health plan, to:

(1) secure from the plan sponsor and plan participants information necessary to identifying situations where the group health plan is or has been a primary plan to the Medicare program; and
(2) submit such information to the Secretary. Requires an applicable plan to determine:

(1) whether a claimant is entitled to Medicare benefits on any basis; and
(2) submit specified information about any entitled claimant to the Secretary. Establishes civil money penalties for enforcement.

I don't see anything about the SSN per se, but I'll investigate further exactly what this means. I'll be calling the Social Security Administration today, or whatever government agencies can provide clarification on this.

Thanks,
Clay