General debt recovery information for Medicare 107-21042112
Expand allThis document outlines information on the Medicare Debt Recovery functions.
For Medicare Debt Management Officers (DMO) only
Recovering debt
Medicare benefits can sometimes be paid incorrectly or obtained fraudulently. When this occurs, the person or entity who obtained the benefit is generally liable to repay the debt. This could be:
- patients
- Doctors
- Medical Practices
- Compensation companies
- Private Health Insurance companies
Creating invoices
Medicare program debts are created in SAP Finance. Customers receive invoices with an overpayment letter explaining the debt.
Dunning
Dunning is the process of automatically issuing a series of overdue account reminder notices. See Dunning for Medicare debt for more information.
Types of financial adjustment
Transactions in SAP may require financial adjustments. There are several types of financial adjustments:
- Debt write off
- Refund
- Funds transfer
- Invoice reversal
See Financial adjustments for Medicare debt for more information.
General administration
Medicare Recovery complete a number of general tasks in their daily work. See General administration for Medicare debt for more information.
Reports
Medicare Recovery need to report on a number of different work areas. See Reports for Medicare debt.
Contents
SAP invoices and customer navigation
Financial adjustments for Medicare debt
Active recovery of outstanding Medicare debt
General administration for Medicare debt
Allocations, receipting and banking for Medicare debt