Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System (HIGLAS) Payment to CMSHQ – Return to Trust Fund
The purpose of this Change Request (CR) is to provide instructions to Shared-System Maintainers and HIGLAS to update systems functionality to facilitate the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in receiving electronic payments from Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs). The MACs are sending paper checks to the CMS on behalf of providers for Civil Monetary Policy (CMP) and settlement agreements authorized by the Centers for Program Integrity (CPI) and Office of General Counsel (OGC). The U.S. Department of the Treasury has committed to an Agency Priority Goal (APG) to reduce the processing of paper checks in fiscal year (FY) 2022 and increase the electronic payment rate for Treasury-disbursed payments and collections in FY 2022. In order to be in alignment with the U.S. Department of Treasury’s initiative, MACs shall generate ACH payments in HIGLAS to CMS Head Quarters (CMSHQ) as a Return to Trust Fund (CMSRTF) using the M4 manual payment code.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: February 09, 2023
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