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Early Retiree Reinsurance Program
Prima Facie Evidence Cover Sheet Instructions ‐ DRAFT
Prima Facie Evidence
Section 149.335(b) of the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP) regulations require that, in order for
a sponsor to receive reimbursement for the portion of a claim that an early retiree (including eligible
spouses, surviving spouses, and dependents) paid, the sponsor must submit prima facie evidence that
the individual paid his or her portion of the claim. We believe that the prima facie evidence
requirement is satisfied by a legible receipt or copy of a receipt that demonstrates that the amount of
Costs Paid by Early Retiree represented in a Claim List for a claim for health benefits (as defined by the
Early Retiree Reinsurance Program statute, regulation, and other guidance) was incurred during the
applicable plan year, and actually paid, by the early retiree or the early retiree's spouse, surviving spouse
or dependent. Please note that Explanation of Benefit (EOB) statements generally will not be accepted
as they usually do not include all of this information, particularly information demonstrating that the
amount of costs was actually paid by an early retiree or spouse, surviving spouse, or dependent. We
expect that each piece of prima facie evidence, at a minimum, will identify the following: the person or
organization that provided the health benefit item or service, the item(s) and/or service(s) provided, the
date paid, and the amount paid for the item(s) and/or service(s). Further, in order to track information
on specific claims, each piece of prima facie evidence must be traceable, by Claim Number and the
unique Member ID/Member Group ID combination, to a specific claim included in the Claim List. More
than one piece of prima facie evidence may be submitted to support the Costs Paid by Early Retiree
amount for a given claim.
When a sponsor includes, in its Claim List submitted with a reimbursement request, any amount greater
than zero in Costs Paid by Early Retiree, the sponsor will be contacted by the ERRP Center and directed
to submit, by mail, a package containing the necessary prima facie evidence to support such costs, . The
mailed package must include: each piece of prima facie evidence (i.e. paper receipts), an electronic
Prima Facie Evidence Cover Sheet, and a hardcopy Prima Facie Evidence Cover Sheet. In order for the
ERRP Center to track these claims, the sponsor must identify each receipt by assigning, and notating in
the upper right hand corner of the receipt, a unique and sequential Receipt Identifier, which will be used
for tracking purposes. In addition, if multiple items are included on a receipt, the sponsor must circle
the items or services that support the reported Costs Paid by Early Retiree.
Answers to Common Questions related to submitting prima facie evidence are posted at www.errp.gov
Prima Facie Evidence Cover Sheet
The sponsor includes the following information on the Prima Facie Evidence Cover Sheet:
1) In the Plan Sponsor Name field, enter the Organization Name that appears on your application.
2) In the Application ID field, enter the Application ID, provided by the ERRP Center upon the
application’s approval, for which the prima facie evidence is being submitted.
3) In the Plan Year Start Date field, enter the Plan Year Start Date, using the MM/DD/YYYY format,
for the plan year to which the provided evidence applies.
4) In the Plan Year End Date field, enter the Plan Year End Date, using the MM/DD/YYYY format, for
the plan year to which the provided evidence applies.
5) In the Number of Pages Including Cover Sheet field, enter the number of pages being submitted
(including the cover sheet).
6) In the Today's Date field, enter today's date using the MM/DD/YYYY format.
7) In the Contact Name field, enter the name of the person submitting the prima facie evidence
package. This person will be contacted if there are questions regarding the prima facie evidence
package.
8) In the Contact Phone field, enter the phone number of the person submitting the prima facie
evidence package
9) Log into the ERRP Secure Website and Navigate to the Summary Cost Data page for the
appropriate application ID. The page will display the following information that corresponds to
the prima facie evidence submission, all of which must be entered into the Prima Facie Evidence
Cover Sheet:
a. Reimbursement Request #
b. Current Cost Paid by Early Retiree
c. Old Cost Paid by Early Retiree
d. Net Cost Paid by Early Retiree
e. Reimbursement Request Date
f. Reimbursement Request Total
10) In each Receipt Identifier field, enter the unique number assigned by the sponsor for the specific
receipt being submitted in this package as prima facie evidence of the Cost Paid by Early Retiree
included in the Claim List. If the receipt is being submitted as evidence for more than one
member or claim (e.g. if a receipt includes costs paid for health benefit items or services
delivered to both an early retiree and spouse) it may be listed more than once on the cover
sheet.
11) In each Claim Number field, enter the Claim Number to which the Cost Paid by Early Retiree
applies. The Claim Number must be the same Claim Number that is found on the Claim List for a
claim that contains the relevant health benefit item or service.
12) In each Cost Paid by Early Retiree field, enter the amount associated with a given item or service
that was paid by the individual, as indicated in the piece of evidence. If there are multiple pieces
of evidence for a single claim, the combined dollar amount of all items must be equal to the Cost
Paid by Early Retiree field reported in the Claim List for the specific claim.
13) In each Member ID field, enter the applicable Member ID for the Early Retiree, Spouse, Surviving
Spouse, or Dependent for whom the item or service was delivered. There can only be one
Member ID/Member Group ID combination per item or service, and the combination entered in
each row of the Prima Facie Evidence Cover Sheet should match the applicable combination for
an individual that has been approved and included in the most recent Early Retiree List
Response File provided by the ERRP Center.
14) In each Member Group ID field, enter the applicable Member Group ID associated with the
Member ID (reference item #11). There can only be one Member ID/Member Group ID
combination per item or service, and the combination entered in each row of the Prima Facie
Evidence Cover Sheet should match the applicable combination for an individual that has been
approved and included in the most recent Early Retiree List Response File provided by the ERRP
Center.
15) In each Provider ID field, enter the provider ID for the individual or organization that delivered
the health benefit item or service to the early retiree or the early retiree's spouse, surviving
spouse or dependent. This Provider ID must be the same Provider ID that is found on the Claim
List for a given item or service. For professional claims, one of the Rendering Provider IDs from
the associated claim in the Claim list must be entered in this field.
Please sort the information provided on the Prima Facie Evidence Cover Sheet sequentially by Receipt
Identifier.
Note that the total paid amount for the receipts included on the Prima Facie Evidence Cover Sheet does
not have to equal the sum of the total of all receipts included in the package, because there may be
health benefit items or services on the receipts that are irrelevant for ERRP purposes. However, each
specific Receipt Identifier on the Prima Facie Evidence Cover Sheet must match to the item(s) or
service(s) identified on a receipt.
Submitting Prima Facie Evidence Associated with an Adjusted Claim
When a claim for a health benefit item or service is adjusted (e.g. a claim is reprocessed) in such a way
that causes the previously submitted prima facie evidence, supporting a specific amount of Cost Paid by
Early Retiree related to a given claim, to no longer be accurate, the sponsor must take action to update
and correct the prima facie evidence in support the claim. (See 45 FFR 149.600). For example, if a claim
is reprocessed by the plan and assigned a new Claim Number in the process, prima facie evidence must
be resubmitted for the adjusted claim and a new Receipt Identifier must be assigned by the plan to such
resubmitted evidence in order for the ERRP Center to successfully map the evidence to a specific claim
in the claim list. Otherwise, only new evidence shall be sent with subsequent Claim List submissions. In
order to accurately calculate reimbursements, certain data associated with a given item or service,
included both in the Claim List and submitted prima facie evidence, must match. More specifically, the
Claim Number and the Cost Paid by Early Retiree amount listed on this cover sheet must match the
Claim Number and Cost Paid by Early Retiree amount submitted on the Claim List.
Submitting the Prima Facie Evidence Package to the ERRP Center
Once the Prima Facie Evidence Cover Sheet has been completed, save it to a compact disk (CD), print a
paper copy, combine these items into a single package with the paper receipts, and mail via the U.S.
Postal Service to:
[insert address here].
File Type | application/pdf |
File Title | Microsoft Word - Prima Facie Evidence Cover Sheet Instructions.doc |
Author | p3fj |
File Modified | 2011-06-16 |
File Created | 2011-06-16 |