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8 Aug 2007, 1:52 pm
Like all nursing home chains, most of Manor Care’s revenues come from public programs, Medicare and Medicaid. [read post]
24 Jul 2007, 11:00 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that it will be requiring certain hospitals to submit information on physician investment, ownership and compensation arrangements in order to determine whether they are in compliance with the Stark physician self-referral law. [read post]
24 Jul 2007, 11:00 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that it will be requiring certain hospitals to submit information on physician investment, ownership and compensation arrangements in order to determine whether they are in compliance with the Stark physician self-referral law. [read post]
24 Jul 2007, 7:16 am
RodrigueIn June, 2007, the United State Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a physician association, alleging that the “fair market value safe harbor” under the federal Stark law developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) is invalid because it was implemented without following proper procedure. [read post]
12 Jul 2007, 8:53 am
CountrymanOn July 2, 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted on its website the proposed updates to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2008. [read post]
10 Jul 2007, 8:28 am
The Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services (CMS) projects that it will pay approximately $58.9 billion to 900,000 physicians and other health care professionals in calendar year (CY) 2008, under a proposed rule released today that would revise payment rates and... [read post]
9 Jul 2007, 9:55 am
"This proposed rule builds on the changes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services made last year to pay more appropriately for practice expenses and to transform Medicare into an active purchaser of higher quality services, rather than just paying for procedures" said acting CMS Administrator Leslie V. [read post]
8 Jul 2007, 11:00 pm
On July 2, 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") proposed a number of revisions to the Stark Law. [read post]
8 Jul 2007, 11:00 pm
On July 2, 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") proposed a number of revisions to the Stark Law. [read post]
25 Jun 2007, 1:47 am
Hospital Compare was created through the efforts of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department of Health and Human Services, and other members of the Hospital Quality Alliance: Improving Care Through Information (HQA). [read post]
21 Jun 2007, 12:27 pm
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that seven private insurance companies offering private fee-for-service Medicare Advantage plans have agreed to suspend their marketing of those plans following allegations of illegal sales tactics. [read post]
19 Jun 2007, 7:29 am
RodrigueThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (”CMS”) recently issued a letter to State Survey Directors, who conduct surveys to ensure that health care providers (such as hospitals) are meeting the Medicare conditions of participation, to advise them that a hospital may not condition its acceptance of an EMTALA transfer on the sending hospital’s using a particular transport service. [read post]
11 Jun 2007, 6:25 pm
The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA), which is now being implemented by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the state Medicaid agencies, represents the most immediate and serious challenge for structured settlements. [read post]
11 Jun 2007, 4:35 pm
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) is the component of the Federal Government's Department of Health and Human Services that oversees the Medicare and Medicaid programs. [read post]
1 Jun 2007, 4:35 pm
Block Director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS') Center for Beneficiary Choices sent a memo May 29 to Medicare Advantage (MA) Private fee-for-service (PFFS) plans reminding them that CMS [read post]
27 May 2007, 6:47 pm
See the CMS Center for Medicaid and State Operations memo here. [read post]
21 May 2007, 8:14 am
In light of concerns over the rapidly approaching deadline, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) previously stated that for one year from the compliance date (i.e., until May 23, 2008), CMS will not impose penalties on non-compliant covered entities that deploy contingency plans, as long as the covered entity has made reasonable and diligent efforts to become compliant and, in the case of health… [read post]
14 May 2007, 10:51 pm
More bad news for ESA drugs like Epogen:From the Medicare site:The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today its proposed decision to limit coverage of erythropoiesis stimulating agent (ESA) treatment for beneficiaries with certain cancers and related neoplastic conditions, either because of a deleterious effect of the ESA on the beneficiaries' underlying disease or because the underlying disease increases their… [read post]
10 May 2007, 5:00 am
CMS has taken aggressive action to curb infusion therapy fraud and other organized fraud actions," said Leslie Norwalk, acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. [read post]
11 Apr 2007, 9:24 am
From a CMS press release issued today:The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced the national launch of DOQ-IT (Doctor's Office Quality Information Technology) University, or DOQ-IT U, to support health information technology (HIT) in physicians' offices. [read post]
