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2 Nov 2015, 7:40 am by Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner
Department of Health and Human Services revealed one-third of all nursing home patients suffer harm as a result of their treatment. [read post]
4 Oct 2015, 11:35 am by Patrick A. Malone
Medicare’s overseer, the Dept. of Health and Human Services, warns that manufacturer subsidies to Medicare or Medicaid patients might run afoul of federal anti-kickback laws, which prohibit payments for the purpose of inducing people to choose a certain service. [read post]
15 Sep 2015, 5:37 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Self-insured group health plan sponsors and fiduciaries, health insurance issuers, third party administrators (TPAs) and administrative services-only (ASO) contractors who may participate in helping contributing entities submit reinsurance contributions required by the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (ACA) should consider participating one of the “Module 3: 2015 Reinsurance Contributions: Form Completion, Submission, and Payment” training model… [read post]
15 Sep 2015, 4:42 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Associations, Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Programs, Stand Alone Dental Plans, Federally-faciliated Marketplace (FFM) Issuers, State Based Marketplaces, SBM Issuers, and Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) issuers should review the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Payment Policy & Financial update on CMS’ policies regarding the administration of the enrollment and payment data reporting requirements of… [read post]
9 Apr 2015, 7:14 pm
It promotes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as the primary agency to monitor how hospitals and other medical facilities administer antibiotics, and it enumerates steps for hospitals that treat Medicaid and Medicare patients (and therefore receive public funding) to reduce inappropriate use. [read post]
8 Feb 2015, 5:02 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Publicly Released: Feb 6, 2015: “The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has undertaken a number of efforts to prepare for the October 1, 2015, transition to the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) codes, which are used for documenting patient medical diagnoses and inpatient medical procedures. [read post]
3 Feb 2015, 8:00 am by Greene LLP
That settlement also resolved allegations that one of the company’s affiliated hospitals, Laredo Medical Center, improperly billed Medicare for certain inpatient procedures and for services rendered to patients referred in violation of the Physician Self-Referral Law, commonly known as the Stark Law. [read post]
6 Jan 2015, 9:30 pm by Dori Molozanov
States must apply to the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for approval of these waiver programs, and they must reapply every three years to renew the federal government’s approval. [read post]
16 Dec 2014, 8:00 am by Greene LLP
CDHS submitted false statements pertaining to the reviews to the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (“CMS”) through a computer system (the PERM Eligibility Tracking Tool) designed to track and measure Medicaid payment error rates. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 7:56 am
Additional areas of focus include: quality and access in Medicare and Medicaid, public health and human services programs, and the appropriateness of Medicare and Medicaid payments. [read post]
20 Nov 2014, 4:45 pm by Nursing Home Law Center LLC
Individuals who receive benefits from Medicaid and Medicare are also referred to as beneficiaries. [read post]
21 Oct 2014, 5:16 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
With the November 5, 2014 deadline for “controlling health plans” CHPs (except small health plans) to obtain the Health Plan Identifier (HPID) required by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administrative Simplification: Adoption of a Standard for a Unique Health Plan Identifier Final Rule (Final Rule) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is… [read post]
20 Oct 2014, 4:38 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which has primary responsibility for federal oversight of all three programs, is developing an estimate of the incidence of fraud for some Medicare services; that estimate is expected to be available soon. [read post]
10 Apr 2014, 9:10 am by Debra A. McCurdy
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Department of Justice (DOJ), and relators’ attorneys will likely utilize these data to initiate investigations and support complaints under the federal False Claims Act (FCA). [read post]
27 Feb 2014, 11:23 am
  The FDCA confers “complete discretion” on the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) to enforce the FDCA’s provisions. [read post]
16 Sep 2013, 3:21 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer is recognized, internationally, nationally and locally for her more than 25 years of work, advocacy, education and publications on cutting edge health and managed care, employee benefit, human resources and related workforce, insurance and financial services, and health care matters. [read post]
13 Sep 2013, 7:40 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
In celebration of the third annual National Health IT Week is September 16-20, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host several webinars and launching new eHealth tools and resources that it intends to help providers participate in eHealth programs. [read post]