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SSN Required for All Dependents
As part of the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) statute’s eligibility data sharing mandate, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has required that carriers provide active (as of 1/1/09) member Social Security Numbers (SSN) within the following time frames:
- Social Security numbers for current subscribers, including new subscribers and dependents with a 1/1/09 effective date (or post 1/1/09 effective date), are required by CMS as of January 1, 2009, and therefore need to be submitted to UnitedHealthcare as soon as possible – ready for our first quarterly feed to CMS.
- Social Security numbers for dependents who were on file prior to 12/31/08 are required by CMS as of Jan. 1, 2011, however, should be submitted to UnitedHealthcare at your earliest convenience.
Per the MSP statute, failure to report eligibility data and Social Security numbers as outlined above may subject the required reporting entity – insurers, third-party administrators, employers and/or plan administrators – to civil monetary penalties up to $1,000 for each day of noncompliance for each individual for which data exchange is required.
For more information, please contact your TIE Account Manager at (972) 991-6500.
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