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24 Feb 2022, 6:29 am
The federal agency that oversees Medicare, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), performs few audits itself, but outsources these duties to a series of independent contractors, such as Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs), Unified Program Integrity Contractors (UPICs), and the Supplemental Medical Review Contractor (SRMC). [read post]
8 Nov 2011, 8:45 am
After two years without an increase, the community spouse resource allowance (CSRA) and maximimum monthly maintenance needs allowance (MMMNA) numbers will go up for 2012, according to an announcement by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. [read post]
8 Jan 2009, 6:44 am
Recent data released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services indicate that Indiana Nursing Homes now rate among the 10 worst in the nation. [read post]
10 Sep 2009, 3:25 pm
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has now posted the 10 top errors on Workers' Compensation Set Aside Agreement submissions and how to avoid them:1. [read post]
5 Dec 2014, 8:19 am
Today's post was shared by Kaiser Health News and comes from kaiserhealthnews.org National health spending grew 3.6 percent in 2013, the lowest annual increase since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) began tracking the statistic in 1960, officials said Wednesday.Spending slowed for private health insurance, Medicare, hospitals, physicians and clinical services and out-of-pocket spending by consumers. [read post]
8 Jun 2022, 11:08 am
The 2021 embarrassment for federal officials, instead, may turn into inflation anticipation, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has said. [read post]
Healthcare News From Capitol Hill and The Department of Health and Human Services - January 10, 2011
10 Jan 2011, 1:58 am
REQUIREMENT FOR DOCTOR SIGNATURE ON LAB TESTS DELAYED:In late December, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a number of announcements.On December 21, the agency announced that it will delay a new policy requiring a doctor’s signature on requisitions for clinical diagnostic lab tests for three months, in order to ensure that the policy is more thoroughly known and understood in the medical community. [read post]
13 Apr 2009, 6:39 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the below provider release today (April 13, 2009) announcing that fourteen communities around the nation have been chosen for the agency’s Care Transitions Project, which seeks to eliminate unnecessary hospital readmissions. [read post]
30 Nov 2021, 5:37 am
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services [CMS] has been halted from imposing a vaccine mandate on a wide range of healthcare facilities. [read post]
4 Oct 2018, 8:17 am
Home Health Providers Under the Microscope — The Review Choice Demonstration Project is Here(October 4, 2018): Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), confirmed that it intends to initiate the Review Choice Demonstration for Home Health Services project on December 10, 2018. [read post]
5 Jul 2022, 12:05 pm
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has ordered parties that act as health payers to make public a wealth of economic information that previously had been closely held, NPR and the Kaiser Health News service reported: “[H]ealth insurers and self-insured employers must post on websites just about every price they’ve negotiated with providers for health care services, item by item. [read post]
19 Aug 2014, 7:18 am
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the final FY 2015 Medicare skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS) rule on August 5, 2014 (Final Rule). [read post]
4 May 2013, 7:09 am
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to set Medicare reimbursement rates for doctors with a formula purportedly tied to economic growth. [read post]
17 Dec 2015, 3:01 am
Workers' Compensation insurance carriers have a duty to reimburse the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services for conditional medical payments. [read post]
25 Mar 2014, 6:00 pm
Hot Topics in Workers’ Compensation Law 2014New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal EducationWednesday, June 18, 2014 4pm-8pmLaw Center, 1 Constitution Square, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 t. 732-249-5100 f. 732-249-1428 www.njicle.comLearn about the most important recent case law decisions from a panel of Compensation Judges and leading attorneys.Understand why state tort law claims for failure to warn of chemical dangers are not preempted by OSHA’s… [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 6:23 pm
Auditors will begin the pilot program by focusing on inpatient hospital claims, especially those for short stays, and conduct the reviews before payment is authorized, said Deborah Taylor, director of the Office of Financial Management at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. [read post]
27 Sep 2024, 5:40 am
., is likely to have significant impacts on how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) operates regarding the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Act, including conditional payments and Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) agreements. [read post]
5 Mar 2013, 11:53 am
On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the long-awaited Final Rule to implement the “Sunshine” provisions of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA). [read post]
19 Feb 2014, 12:09 pm
A federal grand jury indicted White on charges of making false statements to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") and aggravated identity theft. [read post]
14 Aug 2015, 9:31 am
The August 7, 2013, issue of the Federal Register published the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule titled: Medicare Program: FY2014 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update; Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements; and Updates on Payment Reform. [read post]
