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16 Sep 2011, 9:29 am
On September 14, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") published in the Federal Register a proposed rule amending the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 ("CLIA") and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA") to specify that, upon request, a patient may gain access to his/her completed test reports directly from a laboratory ("Proposed Rule"). [read post]
16 Sep 2011, 5:33 am
On February 2, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") issued its final rule regarding the new provider and supplier enrollment screening criteria for Medicare, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program ("CHIP") pursuant to Section 6401(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA"). [read post]
15 Sep 2011, 6:57 am
Senators asking the Office of Inspector General ("OIG") and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") to issue guidance on physician owned distributorships ("PODs") (or, sometimes referred to as physician owned intermediaries ("POIs")). [read post]
14 Sep 2011, 3:05 am
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched a new website that allows users to compare not just hospitals, but also doctors and nursing homes. [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 12:34 pm
This month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") published a revised recovery audit contractor ("RAC" or "Auditors") statement of work ("SOW") which is, as CMS described, a "contract" between CMS and the Auditors to support CMS in its mission to "reduce Medicare improper payments through the efficient detection and collection of overpayments, the… [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 9:00 am
According to a statement issued by the Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS"), intermediaries will begin contacting providers and suppliers to do the following: Read More › Tags: Billing/Payment, Health Care Reform, Hospitals, Medicare/Medicaid, Physicians [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 6:01 am
CMS UNVEILS FINAL RULE ON ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING PROGRAMThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released its final rule to amend the Medicare electronic prescribing incentive program. [read post]
9 Sep 2011, 5:29 am
The bizarre reason used to justify the denial of information was that the federal authorities owned the data—specifically the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. [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]
6 Sep 2011, 12:18 pm
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) operating memo of April 2009 changed the entire landscape as we know it, especially with regard to the management and allocation of prescription medications. [read post]
6 Sep 2011, 4:19 am
This new effort was authorized by the Affordable Care Act (aka PPACA, aka the Healthcare Reform Law) and has been launched by the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center). [read post]
5 Sep 2011, 3:50 pm
The newspaper also requested two statistical reports the Department compiles for the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 6:43 pm
After receiving a Government Affairs Office (GAO) report, senators of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services and International Security praised the efforts of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in effectively allocating federal dollars in fighting waste and fraud. [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 12:53 pm
Berwick, M.D., Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 12:53 pm
Berwick, M.D., Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. [read post]
31 Aug 2011, 12:39 pm
“Preeya’s extensive experience at HHS on matters related to CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and the FDA gives our practice additional depth and increases our capacity to help clients navigate the new complexities emerging in the health care industry arising from the Accountable Care Act,” Patrick Morrisey, co-chair of the firm’s FDA and life sciences practice, said in a written statement. [read post]
30 Aug 2011, 12:33 pm
The Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Statute was passed in 1980 to provide protection to the Medicare Trust Fund by giving the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) authority to recover payments made by Medicare where a primary payer exists and to avoid payment for future care related to an injury or accident. [read post]
30 Aug 2011, 12:05 pm
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will require nearly 1.4 million health care providers to re-validate their Medicare provider enrollment, or risk deactivation of their Medicare billing privileges. [read post]
28 Aug 2011, 5:11 am
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) evaluates nursing homes and conducts health and fire-safety inspections. [read post]
25 Aug 2011, 11:42 am
In a press release issued August 23, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) invited health care providers to apply to help test and develop four models of bundling payments. [read post]
