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13 Sep 2013, 7:40 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
In celebration of the third annual National Health IT Week is September 16-20, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host several webinars and launching new eHealth tools and resources that it intends to help providers participate in eHealth programs. [read post]
2 Sep 2013, 11:30 pm by Theodore Ruger
 The current administration has displayed a similar strategy with various states that are on the fence about Medicaid expansion. [read post]
27 Aug 2013, 7:23 am by Spencer Aronfeld
 As a result of the DOJ’s efforts, approximately $4.2 billion was deposited with the Treasury or Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and to private persons during the fiscal year. [read post]
26 Aug 2013, 6:43 am by Jonathan Rosenfeld
The pledge by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in May 2012 to reduce the number of prescriptions given for antipsychotics by 15% nationwide has not been without reason. [read post]
21 Aug 2013, 11:46 am by Joseph Lazzarotti
Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requested an "emergency review" of its recently proposed rule that "[Federally-facilitated Exchanges or FFEs], non-Exchange entities associated with FFEs, and State Exchanges must report all privacy and security incidents and breaches to HHS within one hour of discovering the incident or breach." [read post]
19 Aug 2013, 9:52 am by Ringler Radio
Ametros Financial has partnered with Ringler Medicare Solutions to offer professional administration services to expand the Medicare Set Aside, Medical Cost Projection, and Life Care Planning services, with the main purpose being to control costs related to a settlement. [read post]
6 Aug 2013, 6:03 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Report Highlights Concerns About Security Of Sensitive Personal Information Americans Will Share With HHS Exchange Portal AS HHS Invites Consumers To Set Up Personal Accounts The reported finding that the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has yet to complete the necessary security arrangements and testing for the web-portal Incomplete security arrangements and testing necessary to ensure the security of personal health and other information shared by consumers… [read post]
6 Aug 2013, 4:03 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) billing requirements are too restrictive with regard to changing a beneficiary's status from inpatient to outpatient after discharge. 3. [read post]
6 Aug 2013, 9:57 am
On August 2, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") issued its highly anticipated 2014 inpatient prospective payment system ("IPPS") Final Rule (the "Final Rule"). [read post]
6 Aug 2013, 5:58 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
” – McKnight’s –  “A Medicare payment rate update will increase aggregate skilled nursing facility reimbursements by $470 million during fiscal year 2014, according to a final rule issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. [read post]
31 Jul 2013, 12:12 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator's Ruling CMS-1455-R has also had an effect on the ALJs. [read post]
25 Jul 2013, 6:01 am by Kit Case
Far too often, these claims are subjected to lengthy and cumbersome reviews by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to determine appropriate set-aside amounts to pay for future medical costs in which Medicare may have an interest. [read post]
23 Jul 2013, 11:59 am
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is issuing demand letters seeking recoupment of reimbursement from medical providers and suppliers for Medicare beneficiaries that, according to data from the Social Security Administration (SSA), were allegedly "incarcerated" at the time services were provided. [read post]
23 Jul 2013, 8:06 am by Jon Gelman
In its proposed rules for hospitals in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services asked for ideas about "how we may better display this information on the Hospital Compare Web site. [read post]
19 Jul 2013, 2:53 am by Robert Kraft
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed that “Medicare will pay the costs of brain imaging that uses a Eli Lilly & Co. drug to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease only for patients participating in approved clinical studies,” Bloomberg News reported. [read post]
19 Jul 2013, 12:12 am by Christina Reichert
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a rule clarifying the requirements for assistance personnel in certain Affordable Care Act exchanges.The Tennis Channel appealed a court’s decision to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) ruling that Comcast Corp. was discriminating against the Tennis Channel.The FDA allowed the marketing of a brain wave test for… [read post]
13 Jul 2013, 6:51 am
DiNapoli Issued during the week ending July 13, 2013 [Click on text highlighted in bold to access the full report] DiNapoli Finds Millions in Medicaid Overpayments New York State’s Medicaid program overpaid providers $11.4 million, largely because providers overstated the amounts of Medicare coinsurance charges and incorrect rate changes, according to two audits of the Department of Health released Tuesday by State Comptroller Thomas P. [read post]
11 Jul 2013, 11:00 pm by Christina Reichert
Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a rule on Medicaid eligibility and Medicaid & Children’s Health Insurance.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) extended the comment period for the shark finning rule. [read post]
10 Jul 2013, 8:16 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
” – McKnight’s –  “It seems the only things more complex than wounds today are the rules about getting paid for treating them…At the heart of it all is the Minimum Data Set, which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services uses to mandate clinical resident assessments in Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes. [read post]