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24 May 2012, 1:18 pm by John Miano
Frequently, my colleagues and I are asked to define what the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) consider ‘late reporting’ under the Medicare Medicaid State Children’s Health Insurance Program Extension Act (MMSEA) Section 111. [read post]
23 May 2012, 8:16 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
Rules tightened A year ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) tightened home health care rules because too many doctors were approving patients for home health care without seeing the patient. [read post]
23 May 2012, 8:16 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
Rules tightened A year ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) tightened home health care rules because too many doctors were approving patients for home health care without seeing the patient. [read post]
18 May 2012, 1:18 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is recommending a “strong response” to improve Medicare Part D oversight of retail pharmacy prescriptions by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) based on findings of a recent study. [read post]
18 May 2012, 1:14 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is recommending a “strong response” to improve Medicare Part D oversight of retail pharmacy prescriptions by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) based on findings of a recent study. [read post]
17 May 2012, 7:24 am by Medicare Set Aside Services
Enormous amounts of money and resources are being used that should go towards staffing The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regional Office (aka The Circumlocution Office), an establishment that appears to have no accountability to anyone they serve. [read post]
17 May 2012, 6:36 am by James Dietz
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has reported that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could be doing more to ensure its incentive payments under the electronic health record (EHR) program are proper and legitimate. [read post]
16 May 2012, 8:23 am by Mark Alderman
CMS is encouraging states to control Medicaid costs by overhauling dual-eligible programs instead of cutting provider pay. [read post]
15 May 2012, 2:52 pm by Ilyse Wolens Schuman
By Ilyse Schuman The Department of Health and Human ServicesCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule (pdf) that imposes a new reporting requirement on health insurance issuers in the group and individual markets that meet or exceed the applicable medical loss ratio (MLR) standard for the 2011 reporting year. [read post]
15 May 2012, 8:55 am by staff
  In addition, Abbott will also pay $1.5 million to the Virginia Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. [read post]
15 May 2012, 6:23 am
CMS DELAYS DATA COLLECTION UNDER SUNSHINE ACTIn a May 3 notice on its official blog, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will not require data collection under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), until January 1, 2013. [read post]
14 May 2012, 11:46 am by Rosenbaum & Associates
However, the data from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services also showed that those homes that do continue using the drugs inappropriately tend to be understaffed. [read post]
14 May 2012, 10:43 am
” Fisher suggests the creation of an EMR registry similar to the data repository mandated by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for implantable cardioverter defibrillators (the ICD Registry). [read post]
14 May 2012, 8:41 am by Debra A. McCurdy
On May 11, 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its proposed rule to update Medicare inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) hospital and long-term care hospital prospective payment system (LTCH-PPS) payment and other policies for FY 2013. [read post]
14 May 2012, 8:13 am by Debra A. McCurdy
The first rule reforms requirements that hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must meet in order to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. [read post]
13 May 2012, 10:23 am
As reported on FDA Law Blog, earlier this month the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced “that manufacturers will not be required to collect data under the physician payment sunshine provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act before Jan. 1, 2013. [read post]
11 May 2012, 3:49 am by Jeff Marshall
Its Division of Nursing Home Facilities carries out the functions of the State Survey Agency for the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). [read post]
9 May 2012, 7:02 am by Jon L. Gelman
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Medicaid administrator) logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A new online Self-Service Tool to help manage your Medicare recovery case. [read post]
There is a catch, though: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) must approve any set-asides for trusts exceeding $25,000 before a claim can be closed. [read post]