Legislation aimed at streamlining repayment of funds to Medicare when the program pays claims later covered by private insurers has finally been enacted into law.
President Obama Thursday signed into law H.R. 1845, which contained the SMART Act, or The Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act. Passage of the bill culminates an effort launched in 2008 by insurance companies and other third-party payers to clarify the Medicare Secondary Payer Act.
The underlying legislation provided for a study on issues relating to access to intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) for Medicare beneficiaries.
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