[SchoolFinance] Cash In Lieu of Health Insurance - Medicare

[Mandy Fitzgerald]

Same with RSU No 38.

On Thu, May 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM Peggy McKenzie <pmckenzie at sad55.org> wrote:

> 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)*
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>>> Dept.*
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Jamie M. Youngblood
>> Director of Finance
>> Hermon School Department
>> 31 Billings Road
>> Hermon, ME 04401
>> Direct Phone: 207-848-4085
>> Fax: 207-848-5226
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