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13 May 2015, 9:30 pm by Karen Wiswall
Through multi-stage incentive programs that began in 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) encourage providers serving Medicare and Medicaid patients to use electronic health records by paying eligible providers to adopt, implement, or upgrade their electronic record systems, and then demonstrate or “attest” to “meaningful use” of the systems. [read post]
15 Nov 2010, 6:00 am by Bruce Nye
Late last week, our friend and colleague Robbie Foster, from South Carolina's Nelson Mullins, sent me word (and a bulletin) that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services had just continued the compliance dates:  the reporting date was apparently moved a year, to January 1, 2012 and applied to settlements after October 1, 2011. [read post]
20 Oct 2011, 5:00 am
These disputes often delay for years, seniors receiving money that they are owed, and occasional mistakes result in senior victims having their social security checks docked by overzealous Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) officials. [read post]
31 Jan 2012, 9:27 am by Ray Mullman
  Forty-three percent of all facilities identified by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as SFFs have participated in Advancing Excellence for more than two years. [read post]
12 May 2020, 11:59 am by Antoinette F. Konski
  Patient Engagement in Health Care Decision-Making Increasing Health Literacy to Promote Better Outcomes for Patients - this policy would promote systems and programs to assist Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to promote greater health literacy of individuals. [read post]
28 Oct 2016, 2:35 pm by Laura Ray
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) questioned the classification of EpiPen under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. [read post]
2 Apr 2018, 7:37 am by Robert Liles
  At last estimate, Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) processed an estimated 1.2 billion claims on behalf of America’s seniors.[2]  As the Medicare program has grown, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has employed a variety of different claims audit mechanisms to better ensure that the Medicare Trust Fund is protected from waste, fraud and abuse. [read post]
12 Jul 2018, 12:00 pm by Robert Liles
  It was alleged that the OB/GYN submitted thousands of claims for pelvic floor therapy training services to the Medicare and Medicaid programs that were either never provided, or were otherwise false or fraudulent.IV. [read post]
14 Feb 2013, 4:15 am by David J. DePaolo
The Medicare Secondary Payer Act (MSPA) is mostly looked at as some pesky law that interferes with the timely settlement of claims because of the requirement to satisfy elements satisfactory to avoid liability to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). [read post]
15 Sep 2022, 8:03 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
While quality measures and meanings take many forms, one key measure used by Medicare, Medicaid and many other health plans, lawmakers, health quality commentators and others evaluating health care provider “quality” is the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare Information (“ONC”) electronic clinical quality measures (“eCQMs”) that the Centers for Medicare &… [read post]
19 Feb 2007, 1:38 am
You can check less complete surveys of nursing homes through the Nursing Home Compare database on the Web site of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). 5. [read post]
8 Jan 2023, 10:26 am by Matthew Loughran
Many comments from stakeholders in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule for 2023 pointed out this perfect storm of cuts, which some had determined would result in a nearly 10 percent reduction in payments, and asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to fix it. [read post]
7 Sep 2011, 11:47 am
For example, as a new story posted at Fighting for Justice explained, red-tape at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) often resulting in problems for abuse victims. [read post]
19 Dec 2011, 9:49 am by Jason
Through the web-based application you can: • Create a work-in-progress case • Submit WCMSA cases • Perform case lookups • Append documentation to a case The site also provides attorneys, Medicare beneficiaries, claimants, insurance carriers, and WCMSA vendors with the ability to track their submitted cases and the statuses without inquiry to the Coordination of Benefits Contractor (COBC) or the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid… [read post]
14 Jan 2022, 12:36 pm by admin
However, in a separate decision, the Court allowed a more limited Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Interim Final Rule, requiring COVID-19 vaccination of staff working at health care facilities that receive Medicare and Medicaid money from the federal government. [read post]
5 Feb 2016, 11:44 am by Louthian Law Firm
Because of that, in 2013 and 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) declined to enroll new ambulance providers in two geographical locations. [read post]
5 Feb 2016, 11:44 am by Louthian Law Firm
Because of that, in 2013 and 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) declined to enroll new ambulance providers in two geographical locations. [read post]
5 Feb 2016, 11:44 am by Louthian Law Firm
Because of that, in 2013 and 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) declined to enroll new ambulance providers in two geographical locations. [read post]
5 Feb 2016, 11:44 am by Louthian Law Firm
Because of that, in 2013 and 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) declined to enroll new ambulance providers in two geographical locations. [read post]
28 Mar 2010, 3:08 pm by Jason Greis
  Beginning in 2011, the rate will be increased from the 2010 level of 62.5% to 75% for equipment costing $1 million or more (e.g., both magnetic resonance imaging & computerized tomography equipment) as determined by the Centers form Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”). [read post]