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29 Nov 2021, 6:05 am
In early 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) directed its contractors to pause audit activities as auditors were unable to work in the office and healthcare providers were reeling from the multiple impacts of the pandemic. [read post]
25 Jan 2018, 11:03 am
Veterans Administration and CMS Announce Partnership to Address Fraud Prevention (January 25, 2018): On January 23rd, the Veteran Administration (VA) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a “partnership to strengthen prevention of fraud, waste and abuse. [read post]
22 Nov 2011, 12:51 pm
On November 2, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") issued a Medicare Learning Network Matters article entitled Autologous Cellular Immunotherapy Treatment of Metastatic Prostate Cancer ("CR 7431") wherein it "instructs that, effective for services performed on or after June 30, 2011, CMS concludes that the evidence is adequate to support the use of autologous cellular immunotherapy treatment -… [read post]
19 Jan 2021, 8:43 pm
Legislative Background: With the passage of the Medicare and Medicaid programs in 1965, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)[1] became authorized to perform a myriad of Medicare program functions, either directly or by contract. [read post]
24 Aug 2017, 1:07 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Payment Program (QPP) includes the following pathways: the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and the Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive program. [read post]
2 Jan 2018, 8:35 am
One example of the lesser fine’s under the Trump administration was when The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services fined Lincoln Manor $282,954, including $10,091 a day for 28 days, for failing to monitor and treat the wound of a patient who died as a result of neglect. [read post]
Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and the Department of Health and Human Services – October 12, 2010
12 Oct 2010, 6:23 am
SENIOR MEDICARE PATROL PROGRAMS RECEIVE FEDERAL GRANTS:On October 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a series of Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) program grants totaling $9 million. [read post]
19 Aug 2013, 9:52 am
Ametros Financial has partnered with Ringler Medicare Solutions to offer professional administration services to expand the Medicare Set Aside, Medical Cost Projection, and Life Care Planning services, with the main purpose being to control costs related to a settlement. [read post]
7 Jul 2014, 12:00 am
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a new pilot program that will hopefully alleviate the backlog of Medicare Part B claims that have been appealed to the Administrative Law Judge level. [read post]
1 May 2019, 1:09 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its proposed rule to update the Medicare acute inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system (PPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2020. [read post]
27 Jul 2017, 1:21 pm
Rule Would Delay Appropriate Use Criteria Requirement until 2019, Cut Rates for Off-Campus Hospital Departments The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published its proposed rule to update the Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) for calendar year (CY) 2018. [read post]
5 Oct 2012, 7:30 am
Within the next month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is expected to finalize the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2013. [read post]
23 Apr 2019, 2:28 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is expanding the types of durable medical equipment (DME), prosthetic, orthotics, supplies (DMEPOS) that are subject to Medicare prior authorization requirements on the basis of being “frequently subject to unnecessary utilization. [read post]
21 Dec 2016, 12:23 pm
In the waning days of the Obama Administration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled a lengthy and complex final rule to establish mandatory Medicare bundled payment programs for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), and surgical hip/femur fracture treatment (SHFFT) procedures furnished in designated geographic areas. [read post]
11 May 2013, 8:15 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services alone may have lost $50 million. [read post]
3 Jun 2020, 8:30 am
On June 3, 2020, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) Administrator Seema Verma announced adjustments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (“CMMI”) models in light of the COVID-19 public health emergency. [read post]
15 Jun 2018, 9:38 am
Settlement Conference Facilitation (SCF) is an alternative dispute resolution process which provides appellants and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) an opportunity to discuss a mutually agreeable resolution for claims appealed to the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) or Medicare Appeals Council (Council) levels of appeal. [read post]
15 Jun 2018, 9:38 am
Settlement Conference Facilitation (SCF) is an alternative dispute resolution process which provides appellants and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) an opportunity to discuss a mutually agreeable resolution for claims appealed to the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) or Medicare Appeals Council (Council) levels of appeal. [read post]
10 Nov 2021, 6:30 am
On November 5, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published an interim final rule that requires vaccinations for certain health care workers. [read post]
17 Nov 2008, 5:00 am
As a result of an outcry from local and state legislators and private citizens, CMS (the Center for Medicare Services) will release the names of more underperforming nursing homes. [read post]
