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Medicare Compliance

 

Required Action for ALL Medicare Advantage and PDP agents!

 

Step 1

Please review and complete the attestation.

Step 2

Complete the 2023 AHIP Certification which includes Medicare Parts C and D General Compliance Training, and Combating Medicare Part C and D Fraud, Waste and Abuse Training.

Step 3 

Send completed Attestation and AHIP training Certificate of Completion to rick.roberts@producersxl.com or fax to 785-825-1391


FDR Compliance Requirements

CMS requires that all FDRs fulfill specific Medicare Compliance Program Requirements. We will describe these requirements in this document. The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) outlines these Medicare Compliance Program requirements and they are specifically defined by CMS in the July 2, 2013, release of the Compliance Program Guidelines found in chapter 21 of the Medicare Managed Care Manual and chapter 9 of the Prescription Drug Benefit Manual, which are identical.

First Tier Entities are responsible for making sure that their Downstream Entities comply with applicable laws and regulations, including the requirements in this guide. As a First Tier Entity, you/your organization and all of your Downstream Entities (if applicable) must comply with Medicare Compliance Program requirements. This guide summarizes your Medicare Compliance Program responsibilities. Please review it to make sure that you have internal processes to support your compliance with these requirements each calendar year. These Medicare Compliance Program requirements include, but are not limited to:

  1. Fraud, Waste and Abuse (“FWA”) Training, General Compliance Training and Code of Conduct/Compliance Policy DistributionAs a First Tier Entity, you/your organization must provide FWA and general compliance training to all your employees and Downstream Entities assigned to provide administrative and/or health care services for Medicare Plans. To comply with this requirement in 2019, you must use the CMS Medicare Parts C & D Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Training and General Compliance Training.This applies to all non-agent employees who touch Medicare Advantage or Part D business (administrative staff, IT staff who has access to PHI, clerical staff who process applications, etc.). If you do not have any such staff, these requirements would not apply to you. This training must be completed within 90 days of initial hire AND at least annually thereafter.You must maintain evidence of training completion. There are certificates of completion included on the CMS Medicare Part C & D Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Training and General Compliance training located on the Medicare Learning Network. The PDF version does not have a certificate of completion; you must make your own or maintain some kind of log.
  2. Code of ConductYou must provide either a carrier’s Code of Conduct or your own comparable Code of Conduct to all employees. You must distribute that Code of Conduct within 90 days of hire and at least annually thereafter, and when there are updates to the Code of Conduct.
  3. OIG and GSA Exclusion List Screenings Federal law prohibits Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health care programs from paying for items or services provided by a person or entity excluded from participation in these federal programs. Therefore, prior to hire and/or contract and monthly thereafter, each First Tier Entity must check the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and General Services Administration (GSA) “exclusion lists” to confirm that employees and Downstream Entities performing administrative and/or health care services for Medicare Plans aren’t excluded from participating in federally funded healthcare programs. You can use these websites to perform the required exclusion list screening:

Also, FDRs must maintain evidence they checked these exclusion lists. You can use logs or other records to document that you’ve screened each employee and Downstream Entity in accordance with current laws, regulations and CMS requirements.

You Must Take Action If an Employee or Downstream Entity Is on the List If any of your employees or Downstream Entities are on one of these exclusion lists, you must immediately remove them from work directly or indirectly related to Medicare plans and notify Farm and Family Insurance Associates dba Producers XL and the carrier right away.

These exclusion list requirements are noted in § 1862(e)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act, 42 C.F.R. §§ 422.503(b)(4)(vi)(F), 422.752(a)(8), 423.504(b)(4)(vi)(F), 423.752(a)(6), 1001.1901, and further described in the Manual, Chapter 9 § 50.6.8.

  1. Reporting Offshore Operations To help make sure we comply with applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations, you’re prohibited from using any individual or entity (Offshore Entity) to perform services for Medicare plans if the individual or entity is physically located outside of one of the fifty United States or one of the United States Territories (i.e., American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands).
  2. Keep Documentation for 10 years You may be asked to provide evidence of compliance. The carriers and/or CMS may request that you provide evidence of your compliance with these Medicare Compliance Program requirements. This is for monitoring and auditing purposes.
  3. Monitoring and Auditing 
    FDRs must continuously monitor and audit their operations to ensure compliance with CMS requirements.
For more information surrounding meeting these compliance requirements, see the carrier guides below.

Aetna/CVS Code of Conduct

Humana Code of Ethics

FDR Attestation

Helpful Links:

CMS Compliance Training

Aetna AHIP Training Link