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27 Aug 2011, 4:34 am
VPA, P.C.Court: U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Docket: 10-1494 Opinion Date: August 23, 2011 Judge: Boggs Areas of Law: Government & Administrative Law, Government Contracts, Health Law, Public Benefits, White Collar Crime Doctors filed suit, alleging violations of the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. 3279 and the Michigan Medicaid False Claim Act, as qui tam relators on behalf of the United States/ The claimed that the business defrauded the government by submitting… [read post]
14 Aug 2011, 4:06 am
Negotiate Drug Prices with Pharmaceutical CompaniesThe Medicare prescription drug law, passed in 2003, prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from negotiating prices with pharmaceutical companies. [read post]
10 Aug 2011, 7:41 am
On Monday, CDT filed comments on a rule proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in June that would allow the release of claims data on Medicare beneficiaries to private entities eligible to use this data to generate performance reports for Medicare providers and suppliers. [read post]
24 Jun 2011, 6:22 am
According to the AMA article, the Senators have written letters to both the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Health and Human Services asking for the agencies to review the propriety of POD arrangements under the Federal anti-kickback statute. [read post]
21 Jun 2011, 8:53 am
Medicare health reimbursement is governed by statute and by regulations issued by HHS, the United States Department of Health and Human Services. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 10:41 am
Plans Must Apply Before 9/22/11 & Meet Tightened Requirements To Preserve Possibility Of Temporary Relief Qualification For Post 9/22/11 Plan Years On Friday, June 17, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that CMS will not accept or consider any new applications or requests for extensions of temporary waivers of the Affordable Care Act annual limitation requirements. [read post]
31 Mar 2011, 2:17 pm
On March 31, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and other Federal agencies issued long anticipated proposed regulations addressing legal issues and other requirements for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program created last year by the health care reform legislation. [read post]
31 Mar 2011, 10:25 am
Attorney’s Offices, FBI, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, and HHS joined forces to investigate Medicare fraud in Miami. [read post]
9 Mar 2011, 11:46 am
This is going to be relatively easy because the largest payer of hospital and nursing facility care is the Medicare system and the chief policy maker is the director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) who serves at the pleasure of the president of the United States. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 8:06 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on March 7, 2011 published proposed consumer disclosure notices that it proposes to require insurers proposing rate increases over 10 percent to electronically file in furtherance of CMS’ implementation of the Affordable Care Act premium rate review regulation published by HHS in December of 2010. [read post]
26 Jan 2011, 1:31 am
The Department also leads an Elder Justice and Nursing Home Working Group, which focuses on health care fraud involving elderly patients, such as when a skilled nursing facility bills Medicare or Medicaid for deficient services. [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]
4 Jan 2011, 11:56 am
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) added a new “Physician Compare” feature to the CMS Healthcare Provider Directory on December 30, 2010. [read post]
21 Dec 2010, 5:03 pm
Comments may be submitted to CMS at the following addresses: Electronically: http://www.regulations.gov Regular Mail: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS–6028–P P.O. [read post]
4 Dec 2010, 12:36 pm
” Approximately “1.5 percent of those patients, or 15,000 people a month, suffered a complication that contributed to their death, the inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services said. [read post]
22 Nov 2010, 9:42 am
A case can be made that each of these activities falls within the literal terms of the broadly worded Medicare and Medicaid referral fee statute. [read post]
22 Nov 2010, 9:28 am
” Lobbyists and industry groups are bearing down on the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department, which enforce the antitrust laws, and the inspector general’s office at the Department of Health and Human Services, which ferrets out Medicare fraud. [read post]
3 Nov 2010, 11:47 am
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) forecast called for prescription drug purchases in the U.S. [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 7:30 am
Far and away the biggest cost to Texas taxpayers from illegal immigrants - nearly double the amount spent on health and human services - is $171 million per year spent to house people in Texas state prisons who are eligible for deportation, the House State Affairs Committee was told yesterday. [read post]
18 Aug 2010, 6:00 am
Do you have significant economic specials that are not encumbered by a Medicare or Medicaid lien? [read post]
