[SchoolFinance] Cash In Lieu of Health Insurance - Medicare

[Peggy McKenzie]

MSAD 55 uses the same "Employer sponsored health insurance plan" wording


Peggy McKenzie
MSAD 55 Accounting Office Manager
Phone: (207) 625-2490 x1126
Fax: (207) 625-7065


On Thu, May 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM Jamie Youngblood <
jamie.youngblood at schools.hermon.net> wrote:

> Hermon has the same info as Lucie does. Our contracts explicitly state,
> however, that in order to receive CIL they must have other EMPLOYER
> provided coverage (ie through their spouse). This makes it so no one takes
> the CIL and then goes to the marketplace for insurance.
>
> On Thu, May 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM Lucie Tabor <ltabor at vuesc.org> wrote:
>
>> This is the response I had gotten from DWLaw when I inquired last May:
>> The Medicare Secondary Payer rules (MSP) prohibit paying cash in lieu
>> (CIL) to employees on Medicare.  However, the employer can pay CIL to
>> employees on  MaineCARE.
>>
>> Lucie
>>
>> On Wed, May 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM Ida Simmons <isimmons at winthropschools.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Good Morning,
>>>
>>> In the past, I have not paid cash in lieu to employees if they were
>>> enrolled in Medicare coverage based on State Law.  When I google it now, it
>>> says in Maine we can offer cash in lieu as long at the employee shows proof
>>> of the Medicare coverage.   Can anyone confirm this for me?
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ida Simmons
>>> Finance Specialist
>>> Winthrop Public Schools
>>> 207-377-2296 x 2003
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Lucie Tabor
>> *Director of Finance*
>> *Valley Unified Educational Service Center (VUESC)*
>> *Serving the School Districts of MSAD 27, MSAD 33 and Madawaska School
>> Dept.*
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>
>
> --
> Jamie M. Youngblood
> Director of Finance
> Hermon School Department
> 31 Billings Road
> Hermon, ME 04401
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