Debt Referral to the Department of the Treasury via the Debt

10005.25 - Debt Referral to the Department of the Treasury via the Debt Collection System (Rev. 221; Issued: 05-10-24; Effective: 05-10-24; Implemetation:05-10-24) Those CMP amounts not recovered due to HHA or hospice program failure to pay or inadequate funds for offset will be collected through the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 which requires all debt owed to any Federal agency that is more than 180 days delinquent to be transferred to the Department of the Treasury for debt collection services. Prior to initiating a CMP debt referral to the Department of the Treasury, the CMS Location must first exhaust all collection options through the MAC and the State Medicaid Agency. The Debt Collection System (DCS) is the data system that is used by the Division of Medicare Debt Management (DMDM) in OFM to transmit debt referrals to the Department of the Treasury via the Program Support Center (PSC), a separate component within the Department of Health and Human Services.