If you find yourself in a bind and needing an Extended Repayment Schedule from Medicare, you’ll have some new procedures to follow. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has revised its ERS protocols in CR 11128 at
www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Transmittals/2019Downloads/R312FM.pdf. Among the changes is a provision about short ERSs — in other words, those shorter than the usual 12-to-36-month timeframe. [...]
