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8 May 2015, 5:30 am by Kori Shafer-Stack
  The update includes all changes identified in Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Change Request (CR) number CR 9028, which can be accessed on the CMS website. [read post]
5 May 2015, 4:00 am by Jon Gelman
As part of the Administration’s goals of better, care, smarter spending, and healthier people, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced the availability of new, privacy-protected data on Medicare Part D prescription drugs prescribed by physicians and other health care professionals in 2013. [read post]
2 May 2015, 3:44 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
June 23, 2015 is the deadline for submitting comments on proposed updates to the Medicare Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System Regulations (PFPPS Rule) that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wants to implement beginning October 1, 2015 published on May 1, 2015 in the proposed “Medicare Program; Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System—Update […] [read post]
29 Apr 2015, 7:19 am by Debra A. McCurdy
On April 30, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is publishing its proposed rule to update the Medicare acute hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system (PPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2016. [read post]
28 Apr 2015, 2:19 pm
On Friday March 20, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") announced the release of the new Stage 3 meaningful use proposed rules. [read post]
24 Apr 2015, 11:32 am by Jon Gelman
The process has yet to unfold when an injured workers moves for standing to appear and participate in the process.On February 27, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule implementing certain provisions of the Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012 (the SMART ACT). [read post]
21 Apr 2015, 1:40 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Physicians and other practitioners and others with concerns or other input on a plan by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to implement a voluntary electronic clinical template and a voluntary home health paper clinical template available for review here will have one final chance share their concerns by submitting feedback and questions on the templates via email here, participating in the final Open Forum telephone conference call… [read post]
20 Apr 2015, 8:00 am by Gregory J. Brod
” Two Main Types of Fraud Involving Provider Identifier Information A Provider Education pamphlet authored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) notes that there were more than 3,600 reported cases of physician and patient medical identity theft in 2009 and more than 12,000 reported cases between 2007 and 2009. [read post]
7 Apr 2015, 5:30 am by Kori Shafer-Stack
  The update includes all changes identified in Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Change Request (CR) number CR 9028, which can be accessed on the CMS website. [read post]
3 Apr 2015, 2:42 pm
On March 18, 2015, Wachler & Associates attorneys, Andrew Wachler and Jessica Forster, highlighted contradictory guidance released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") relating to home health agencies ("HHAs") face-to-face encounter documentation. [read post]
3 Apr 2015, 8:10 am
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") published a proposed rule on this statute way back in February 2012. [read post]
31 Mar 2015, 7:12 am by Debra A. McCurdy
On March 30, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its proposed rule on Stage 3 meaningful use criteria, which focus on the advanced use of Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology to promote improved outcomes for patients. [read post]
30 Mar 2015, 3:07 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
Health Information Technology: Improve the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System; and address fraud vulnerabilities in EHRs. [read post]
27 Mar 2015, 7:40 am
As we noted a few weeks ago, Our Betters in DC© have (illegally) extended Open Enrollment season for those who flaunted the (evil) Individual Mandate last year:"The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today a special enrollment period (SEP) for individuals and families who did not have health coverage in 2014 and are subject to the fee or “shared responsibility payment”Aetna has emailed a helpful… [read post]
25 Mar 2015, 6:17 am by Todd Rodriguez
  A eNews alert sent out today by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services notifies physicians of the following: “The negative update of 21% under current law for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule is scheduled to take effect on April 1, 2015. [read post]
23 Mar 2015, 2:54 pm
But in what the WSJ calls a “behind-the-scenes bureaucratic conflict,” The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Medicare, or CMS) steadfastly has opposed the FDA’s plan to monitor safety via claims data and UDIs. [read post]
20 Mar 2015, 5:41 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) on March 20, 2015 announced the release of the Stage 3 notice of proposed rulemaking for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records (EHRs) Incentive Programs and 2015 Edition […] [read post]
16 Mar 2015, 5:07 am by Debra A. McCurdy
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a final rule that implements Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) appeals provisions under the Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012 (SMART Act). [read post]
13 Mar 2015, 6:39 am by Lisa Baird
The United States, in which the Court of Federal Claims ruled that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) could include contract clauses that deviated from federal government commercial contracting rules. [read post]
13 Mar 2015, 6:39 am by Lisa Baird
The United States, in which the Court of Federal Claims ruled that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) could include contract clauses that deviated from federal government commercial contracting rules. [read post]