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7 Jul 2014, 12:00 am by Tammy Schroeder
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]
3 Jul 2014, 4:36 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
Today the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an advance copy of the CY 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule, which includes certain changes to the regulations implementing the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, also known as the Open Payments program. [read post]
3 Jul 2014, 2:23 pm
In a recently released proposed rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposes to eliminate the narrative requirement from the home health face-to-face encounter documentation requirement. [read post]
3 Jul 2014, 1:00 pm
The program is designed to be an alternate dispute resolution process where the appellant and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") come together to discuss a potential mutually agreeable resolution of claims appealed at the Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") level. [read post]
2 Jul 2014, 2:39 am by Bob Kraft
The giant federal agency that funds Medicare, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), will tie some of its payments to hospitals to their safety record — which is a good thing, required by ObamaCare. [read post]
2 Jul 2014, 2:00 am by thehealthlawfirm
., The Health Law Firm For years, each state has kept an eye on its own Medicaid managed care plans, while the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is required to monitor how well … Continue reading → [read post]
1 Jul 2014, 9:00 am by Michelle van Oppen
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services was no longer planning to cut payments to insurers that offer Medicare Advantage, contrary to what it had previously announced. [read post]
30 Jun 2014, 1:15 pm by Jon Gelman
The 100% increase in California from $3Million (2012) to $6Million (2013) illustrates the determinate of CMS (The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)  to end cost-shifting through strict enforcement of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act (MSP).Since July 23, 2001(The date the Patel Memo was issued) a dramatic increase in the elimination of the Federal "subsidy" of future medical care for compensable work-related conditions has also… [read post]
30 Jun 2014, 6:41 am by Pearl Griffin
Fortunately, veterans’ benefits, Medicare, and Medicaid can all help reduce the out-of-pocket price tag. [read post]
28 Jun 2014, 2:12 am by Jon Gelman
While holding the for CMS (The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) the complexity of the reimbursement of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act was recognized by a Federal Court:"In re Avandia Mktg., 685 F.3d 353, 365 (3d Cir.2012); The Fourth Circuit has described the Medicare statute as “among the most completely impenetrable texts within human experience. [read post]
27 Jun 2014, 6:05 am by Doug Cornelius
Court fight bares SEC insider-trading probe by Kevin McCoy in USA TODAY SEC investigators are probing whether anyone on Capitol Hill improperly leaked information about the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ final decision on 2014 rates the federal government would pay insurers that offer private Medicare plans. [read post]
25 Jun 2014, 12:06 pm by Jon Gelman
You can also read the KHN story, KHN explanation of how the penalty program works, and look at the KHN analysis.Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [Click here to see the rest of this post]Found onRelated articlesMedicare To Punish 2,225 Hospitals For Excess Readmissions (workers-compensation.blogspot.com)Rehospitalization Rates Fell In First Year Of Medicare Penalties (workers-compensation.blogspot.com)Nearly 1,500 Hospitals… [read post]
24 Jun 2014, 4:34 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
On June 17, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a notice making changes to the Medicare payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals and to the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS). [read post]
24 Jun 2014, 1:52 pm by Barbara Taylor
In February 2013, we reported (on our Healthcare Law Blog) that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the final rule for the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. [read post]
23 Jun 2014, 7:10 am by hvwlawyers
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have announced another expansion to their planned five-star rating system for various medical facilities. [read post]
23 Jun 2014, 7:10 am by pvwlaw
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have announced another expansion to their planned five-star rating system for various medical facilities. [read post]
23 Jun 2014, 7:10 am by pvwlaw
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have announced another expansion to their planned five-star rating system for various medical facilities. [read post]
19 Jun 2014, 1:07 pm
Hospital personnel, according to reports from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), would not make available to the feds all of the notes in Antoon's complaint file, and the doctor who said he performed the surgery would not talk about how the hospital handled the case. [read post]
16 Jun 2014, 5:42 am
On July 1, Gainesboro Med applied for a national provider identification (NPI) number, which are unique identifiers issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to healthcare providers such as doctors and medical clinics. [read post]
9 Jun 2014, 9:00 am
However, when a doctor’s pay, including Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements, is way out of line with his/her colleagues, it raises a red flag. [read post]