Overpayment Recovery Limited
November 16, 2009
Author: Catherine M. Callery (Kate)| Louise M. Tarantino
Thanks to Jim Sheldon of Neighborhood Legal Services in Buffalo for highlighting a very useful POMS provision relating to overpayment recovery. As Jim reminds us, under POMS GN 02210.030, a beneficiary can request a reduction in repayment rate to as low as $10 per month even if unable to meet the criteria for a waiver of recovery of an overpayment. If the beneficiary is entitled to the full Medicare Part D low-income subsidy, the $10 reduced rate is automatic. POMS GN 02210.030 B.6. This reduction is applicable even if recovery at that rate would take longer than 36 months.
For more on the Medicare Part D subsidy and who is eligible, see www.nyhealthaccess.org.
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