Date:  Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014

Time:  1:00 – 2:30 pm EST

Length:  Approximately 1-1/2 hours

Cost:  Free

Transitional Reinsurance Program Fees

Special SPBA Member Only Free Webinar With CMS Staff

Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014  1 to 2:30 p.m. (Eastern)

SPBA has secured CMS staff to present a special TPA-specific Webinar to answer all questions that TPAs have on the issue of registration and contribution submission process for the Transitional Reinsurance Program fee.  Please send your questions to Elizabeth@spbatpa.org in advance. You will have ample time to ask any TPA-specific questions you have at this Webinar designed specifically for TPAs and issues related with client data, payment, etc. Save the date! More information will follow.

Speakers:   Health and Human Services Center for Medicare Services Staff

Learning Objectives

>> Learn about the Transitional Reinsurance Program (TSP) Requirements

>> Learn who should register through Pay.gov

>> Learn about the contribution submission process

>> Understand the responsibilities of the Contributing Entities and Counting Methods

>> Learn to submit the supporting documentation and contributions through Pay.gov

>> Learn about the TPA-client responsibilities and recommendations on how to address situations such as, a client not submitting contributions on a timely basis, etc.

>>  Understand how to impart information to your clients about the responsibilities and  penalties for non-compliance.

Who Should Attend

Direct employees of SPBA member TPA firms and Stop-Loss Partners should attend.

Cost

This Webinar is free to SPBA member TPA firms and Stop-Loss Partners. You may have as many people as can fit in a room, hear a conference call and see a computer screen for the live webinar.  

Please note:  Any transmission or re-transmission of this event to additional sites/rooms by any means including but not limited to the use of a telephone conference bridge whether or not owned by the registrant is strictly prohibited.            

Technical Notes

Technical Warning One - Once you have registered you will need to tell your technical people to set your firewalls to accept email from two different email addresses:  support@peachnewmedia.com and epilgrim@peachnewmedia.com.  Confirmation emails and reminders will be sent from these two different emails.

Technical Warning Two – Freestone is the platform used to stream the webinar.  In the event that polling questions are incorporated into the webinar, please ensure that your pop-up blocker is turned off or adjusted so that they are able to appear.

Webinar Recorded for Future Listening

In addition to this live webinar, this webinar will be recorded and offered in a streaming mode (Internet connection required) and a podcast only format (permitting you to download the recording and use it disconnected from the Internet).  The podcast is an MP3 format, audio-only file, that you can “save as” to your computer hard drive and then move to any MP3 compatible device. The podcast will not provide the corresponding PPT video since it is an audio-only file.  However, you can download the PPT from the SPBA website.