Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: October 29, 2014

Program Area: Reinsurance-Contributions (RIC)

Question: What does 'Invoice' represent in the 'Type of Payment' section of the Form?

Answer: Applicable to All Reinsurance Contributions Benefit Years: For reinsurance contributions purposes, an Invoice results when a data error has occurred resulting in additional payment or fees. Receiving an Invoice is not an alternative to the Automated Clearing House (ACH) debit process, as all Invoices must also be paid through Pay.gov using the ACH debit process. Automatic debits to a business account may be blocked by the bank through a security feature called an ACH Debit Block, ACH Positive Pay, or ACH Fraud Prevention Filters. To remove the ACH Debit Block, an organization must provide a list of allowed ACH company IDs to enable automatic debits from authorized companies. When working with the U.S. Government, these company ID codes are referred to as the Agency Location Code (ALC+2). Contributing Entities must contact their bank to add the ALC+2 to their list of allowed ACH company IDs for debit transactions. The Transitional Reinsurance Program's ALC+2 for the 2014 and 2015 Benefit Years is 7505008015 and company name is USDEPTHHSCMS. The Transitional Reinsurance Program's ALC+2 for the 2016 benefit year is 7505008016 and company name is USDEPTHHSCMS. For additional questions, please contact Pay.gov at 1-800-624-1373 (toll free, select Option #2) or 216-579-2112 (select Option #2).

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