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19 Jan 2023, 9:03 pm by Claire Hill
” The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will begin conducting audits of nursing homes’ use of antipsychotic drugs in an effort to reduce on inappropriate prescriptions. [read post]
19 Jan 2023, 4:27 pm by Heather Boutet
Late last year, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a searchable list of the names of all nursing homes and the identity of the owners and ownership percentage. [read post]
HHS in conjunction with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin targeted off-site inspections of nursing homes this month. [read post]
18 Jan 2023, 8:19 pm by Kurt R. Karst
By Faraz Siddiqui —Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a memorandum on how it intends to implement the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, passed under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) (see our blog post and slide deck on IRA). [read post]
18 Jan 2023, 11:43 am by Aaron Black
While both are in place to control problematic financial incentives in the health care industry, here are five differences between Stark and AKS: Stark is regulated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) while the AKS is regulated by the Office of the Inspector General (the “OIG”) for the Department of Health and Human Services. [read post]
Just in time for the holidays, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued the Contract Year 2024 Proposed Rule for Medicare Advantage organizations (“MAOs”) and Part D sponsors (the “Proposed Rule”). [read post]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has issued a proposed rule which would amend the existing regulations for reporting and returning identified overpayments (the “Proposed Rule”). [read post]
16 Jan 2023, 10:00 pm
In a proposed rule issued on December 27, 2022 to make technical changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) buried in the regulatory arcana a material legal change to the 60-day overpayment rule that impacts entities participating in Medicare Parts A and B, not just the Medicare Advantage Program (i.e., Medicare Part C). [read post]
16 Jan 2023, 10:00 pm
In a proposed rule issued on December 27, 2022 to make technical changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) buried in the regulatory arcana a material legal change to the 60-day overpayment rule that impacts entities participating in Medicare Parts A and B, not just the Medicare Advantage Program (i.e., Medicare Part C). [read post]
16 Jan 2023, 10:00 pm
In a proposed rule issued on December 27, 2022 to make technical changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) buried in the regulatory arcana a material legal change to the 60-day overpayment rule that impacts entities participating in Medicare Parts A and B, not just the Medicare Advantage Program (i.e., Medicare Part C). [read post]
16 Jan 2023, 10:00 pm
In a proposed rule issued on December 27, 2022 to make technical changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) buried in the regulatory arcana a material legal change to the 60-day overpayment rule that impacts entities participating in Medicare Parts A and B, not just the Medicare Advantage Program (i.e., Medicare Part C). [read post]
16 Jan 2023, 10:00 pm
In a proposed rule issued on December 27, 2022 to make technical changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) buried in the regulatory arcana a material legal change to the 60-day overpayment rule that impacts entities participating in Medicare Parts A and B, not just the Medicare Advantage Program (i.e., Medicare Part C). [read post]
16 Jan 2023, 10:00 pm
In a proposed rule issued on December 27, 2022 to make technical changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) buried in the regulatory arcana a material legal change to the 60-day overpayment rule that impacts entities participating in Medicare Parts A and B, not just the Medicare Advantage Program (i.e., Medicare Part C). [read post]
16 Jan 2023, 9:01 pm by renholding
Background As set forth in the Indictment, Blaszczak charged that a political intelligence consultant received nonpublic information concerning planned changes to Medicare reimbursement rates for particular drugs from a former colleague at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), a government agency. [read post]
12 Jan 2023, 9:05 pm by William McDonald
” The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its plan to implement a Medicare drug pricing negotiation program, which will set maximum fair price ceilings, as authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act. [read post]
11 Jan 2023, 7:58 am by Broden & Mickelsen, LLP
In one case, a Texas couple that owned and operated several group homes was sentenced to 60 months in prison for engaging in a $1 million Medicare fraud scheme to send residents to a community health center in exchange for illegal kickbacks concealed as payment for undelivered or unnecessary services. [read post]
11 Jan 2023, 7:58 am by Broden & Mickelsen, LLP
In one case, a Texas couple that owned and operated several group homes was sentenced to 60 months in prison for engaging in a $1 million Medicare fraud scheme to send residents to a community health center in exchange for illegal kickbacks concealed as payment for undelivered or unnecessary services. [read post]
9 Jan 2023, 5:31 am by Jim Dempsey
” With such an endorsement, the alphabet soup of the federal government, departments, and independent agencies—including the Federal Communications Commission for telecoms, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for hospitals receiving Medicare and Medicaid payments, the Environmental Protection Agency for drinking water systems, and on and on—should acknowledge the cyber risk their sectors face and propose legislation… [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]
6 Jan 2023, 10:37 am by John Nay
We are particularly supportive of the provisions in the bill that would require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies regarding prices for drugs covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. [read post]