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Update the Common Working File (CWF) to Accept a Group Health Plan (GHP) and non-GHP (NGHP) Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Effective Date 3 Months from the Current Date for Medicare Enrolled and Medicare Entitled Beneficiaries

The purpose of this change request is to update CWF to allow for the MSP Effective Dates to be no more than three months in the future from the current date.

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Final

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

Issue Date: May 11, 2021

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