title: Qualified medical child support orders--California health insurance coverage assignment orders--national medical support notices: what's a plan administrator to do?
abstract: Many employer-sponsored health plans and multi-employer health benefit trusts have seen an increase in medical child support orders (MCSOs), and they can anticipate receiving a greater number in the future. Once regulations are final for the national medical support notice (NMSN) required by the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998, plans should also begin receiving these. In preparation, plan administrators should ensure that they have proper procedures in place for determining whether MCSOs and NMSNs constitute QMCSOs.
authors.affiliation: Trucker Huss A Professional Corporation, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Coleman
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Storke
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D019461:Employee Retirement Income Security Act / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States