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28 Jun 2010, 2:40 am
In advance of a June 18 deadline for comments, top hospital groups expressed strong opposition to proposed payment cuts issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 4:19 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Final Rules Make Direct Access To Data By All But Most Sophisticated Impossible The Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) says disclosures of certain Medicare provider and supplier claims performance data scheduled to begin in January will empower employers, health plans and consumers to better evaluate the quality of these health care providers and suppliers. [read post]
2 Oct 2020, 12:36 pm by Nancy Halstead and Vicki Tankle
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies have dialed in on promoting and enforcing patients’ rights to access their health information. [read post]
3 Apr 2020, 12:13 pm by Anna D. Kraus and Rebecca Yergin
Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued a Notification of Enforcement Discretion (the “Notification”) regarding the disclosure of protected health information (“PHI”) to public health authorities and use of PHI to perform analytics for such authorities. [read post]
4 Mar 2014, 9:51 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has revised its guidance in its Non-Group Health Plan (NGHP) User Guide to clarify the reporting threshold for certain liability (including Self-Insurance) Settlements, Judgment Awards, or other Payments under the provisions of the Medicare Secondary Payer Mandatory Reporting Provisions in Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, 42 U.S.C.… [read post]
3 Feb 2015, 1:47 am by Debra A. McCurdy
Allow the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to assign more Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries to Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics that participate in an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) under the Medicare Shared Savings Program ($80 million), and expand the basis for beneficiary assignment for ACOs to include nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and… [read post]
4 Oct 2017, 8:53 am by Tom Smith
The documents also contain inter-agency agreements between the IRS and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) devised to circumvent potential legal prohibitions on unauthorized disclosure or inspection of taxpayer information collected by the IRS. [read post]
5 Mar 2014, 5:04 am by Debra A. McCurdy
Major Program Integrity/Efficiency Provisions Expand funding for the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control (HCFAC) program, the Medicaid Integrity Program, and Medicaid Fraud Control Units, and other Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) program integrity efforts. [read post]
15 Mar 2023, 5:00 am by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a proposed rule to implement requirements of the Administrative Simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). [read post]
4 Nov 2010, 6:19 am by David Dirr
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will administer the SRDP. [read post]
On November 12, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule for public inspection entitled Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation. [read post]
8 Oct 2019, 2:00 pm by Salma Mokbel
(October 8, 2019):  On April 16th, 2018, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), issued a Final Rule entitled, “Medicare Program; Contract Year 2019 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage, Medicare Cost Plan, Medicare Fee-for-Service, the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs, and… [read post]
22 Oct 2019, 8:01 am by Debra A. McCurdy
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that commits the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to taking a series of regulatory and subregulatory actions intended to enhance the fiscal sustainability of the Medicare program, reduce regulatory burdens on providers, and increase beneficiary choice. [read post]
8 May 2023, 12:28 am by Christin Thompson
Medicare Exclusion Risks: Employing Excluded Individuals Can Result in Significant Administrative, Civil and / or Criminal Liabilities (May 8, 2023): One of the most severe administrative sanctions available under the Social Security Act stems from the authority of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)[1] to “exclude” individuals and entities from participating… [read post]
2 May 2012, 1:23 pm by McNabb Associates, P.C.
Peter Budetti, Deputy Administrator for Program Integrity of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). [read post]
11 Sep 2010, 5:43 am by The Health Law Partners
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC"), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS"), and Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General ("OIG") have announced their plans to co-host an October 5th workshop on accountable care organizations ("ACOs"). [read post]
28 Apr 2015, 2:19 pm
On Friday March 20, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") announced the release of the new Stage 3 meaningful use proposed rules. [read post]