Coordination of Benefits 
   and Third Party Liability
      (COB/TPL)
      In Medicaid
       2020
         
          
          
          
          
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                        Acknowledgment  
       The COB/TPL Handbook was completed by the COB/TPL Team in the Division of Health Homes,  
       PACE, and COB/TPL (DHPC), Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group (DEHPG), Center for  
       Medicaid and CHIP Services, with technical support and assistance provided by Manatt, Phelps,  
       & Phillips, LLP, under contract with Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.  Members of the  
       COB/TPL Team were Nancy Dieter, Technical Director; Barry Levin (2014), Cathy Sturgill, and 
       Ginger Boscas (2015 - ), Health Insurance Specialists.  The COB/TPL Handbook was developed at 
       the direction of Nancy Klimon, Former Director, and Carrie Smith, Director, DHPC (2015 - 2019).  
        
       The COB/TPL Handbook was revised in 2020 at the direction of former Director, Carrie Smith, 
       and Mary Pat Farkas, Director, by the COB/TPL team in the DHPC, DEHPG, CMCS. Members of 
       the COB/TPL team Cathy Sturgill, Technical Director; Ginger Boscas, Sara Rhoades (2016 -  
       2020), Trista Chester (2017 - ), Andrea Ormiston (2020 - ),  Health Insurance Specialists.
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