The farm bill was created as a temporary hand out to farmers created during the Depression, but now it's practically a permanent legislative fixture â a massive spending bill Congress passes every five years. Farm bill spending reached record levels in 2000, paying out $24.7 billion in subsidies.
Medicare contracted with the Omaha, Neb.-based StrategicHealthSolutions to serve as a Medicare supplemental medical review contractor (SMRC) in 2012 to âidentify and employ more efficient methods of medical review, such as data extrapolationâ and lower improper payments for fee-for-service claims, according to its website.
MEDVAL > blog > Medicare Set-Aside Blog > MSP News > The MSPRC and COBC Get a New Nameâ¦and New Web Address. Effective February 1st, the Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Contractor (MSPRC) and the Coordination of Benefits Contractor (COBC) combined into one new entity named the Benefit Coordination and Recovery Center (BCRC).