“We are exploring whether additional direct outreach (to those affected) is needed given that cases are being quickly resolved,” CMS said in a response to The Chronicle. Neither CMS nor Medicare had announced the glitch on their websites as of Tuesday afternoon.
When he called Medicare to ask about the double billing, “they said it may take until after Oct. Jade Tippett of Fort Bragg noticed the error on Friday when he looked at his credit union checking account and spotted two withdrawals for $135.50 each. The Health and Human Services inspector general’s office said Friday, April 5, it will examine several publicity contracts, following a request by congressional Democrats (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File) Kevin Wolf / Associated Pressīecause of a “process error,” about 411,000 seniors who have their Medicare Part B premiums automatically deducted from their bank accounts through Medicare’s Easy Pay system were double-billed for the month of September, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said in a statement late Monday.
A government watchdog will review costly outside contracts to provide publicity for Verma, whose agency oversees health insurance programs covering more than 100 million Americans. 14, 2019, file photo, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma speaks during a news conference in Washington.
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