The important message for compliance officers to get to billers and registration is that they have to ask patients whether insurance has changed because that might change Medicare's status as secondary or primary. Or hospitals are free to continue to use the MSP questionnaire. Ditching it is not required.

What is an MSP questionnaire?

This questionnaire is a model of the type of questions that may be asked to help identify Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) situations. ... The instructions will direct the patient to the next appropriate question to determine MSP situations.

What is the purpose of the Medicare Secondary Payer questionnaire?

Known as the Medicare Secondary Payer Questionnaire (MSPQ), this information is required to help determine if Medicare is a primary or secondary payer for the patient. According to CMS, this new form is only a model of the questions to be asked and does not require use of the exact format.