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Christine Hummel | Hummel Consultation Services

Christine is the President and founder of Hummel Consultation Services, a legal consultation practice specializing in the application of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act. An active attorney with licensure in the state of Colorado, she earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Denver in May 2000. In 2002 Christine opened her own firm, which recently celebrated its twentieth continuous year of operation. With over twenty years of experience, Christine is a published author and popular speaker on a wide array of topics related to Medicare compliance. Christine has significant experience working with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding applicability of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act to liability settlements. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the Colorado Bar Association, and includes with her legal experience work in Medicaid, probate, and elder law. Christine volunteers her free time by giving presentations on the roles of women throughout multiple time periods in history.

I. The final version of the Section 111 Civil Money Penalty Rule | 2:30pm – 3:00pm

II. Obtaining approval of $0.00 MSA allocations | 3:00pm – 3:30pm

Break | 3:30pm – 3:40pm

III. CMS’ position regarding “evidence based” MSA allocations | 3:40pm – 4:10pm

IV. Brief discussion of Medicare conditional payments and working with the CRC | 4:10pm – 4:40pm