CMS has announced that it will be hosting a webinar on November 13^th, 2023, regarding a coming expansion to Section 111 reporting. Specifically, the announcement indicates that expansion will involve expanding TPOC reporting to include WCMSA information. The webinar will include a presentation by CMS providing general information and timelines, and should also permit for Q&A.

While the alert regarding the webinar can be found here - Change to Section 111 Workers’ Compensation Reporting Webinar Announcement (cms.gov); the relevant meeting information for the webinar is:

Date: November 13, 2023

Time: 1:00 PM ET

Webinar Link: htps://cms.zoomgov.com/j/1606789743?pwd=VzZ0Uk96ZWs1NUUvbm5xUnpJU2l4Zz09

Passcode: 100553

Or to connect via phone:

Conference Dial In: 1-833-568-8864

Conference Passcode: 160 678 9743

Separately, on Tuesday, October 17^th CMS published the annual list of valid ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes for Section 111 reporting, including the excluded liability and no-fault codes for 2024. The full lists of codes, broken down by valid and excluded, can be found here - ICD Code Lists | CMS. For clarity, not all ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes are accepted for Section 111 reporting purposes. Some codes have been determined by CMS to be either not descriptive of injury (i.e., they describe a cause of an injury and not the injury itself), or they have been determined to not provide enough detail related to the nature of an injury in order to be complete, useful, and adequate for Section 111. These annual lists are crucial to ensure that you are only reporting accepted codes via your Section 111 reporting program.

For questions about these updates, as well as general inquiries about Section 111 reporting and all things Medicare Secondary Payer, please contact us at info@allankoba.com.