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20 Apr 2023, 12:40 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
For the first time, anyone can now review detailed information on the ownership of more than 6,000 hospices and 11,000 home health agencies certified to participate in the Medicare program on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website. [read post]
15 Nov 2022, 7:36 pm
Because Medicare is a government program and the government relies on trustworthy practitioners to provide excellent medical care to potentially vulnerable patients, investigators with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are motivated to find and investigate those who may be acting in ways that are not conducive to Medicare’s overall aims. [read post]
8 Feb 2015, 5:02 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Publicly Released: Feb 6, 2015: “The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has undertaken a number of efforts to prepare for the October 1, 2015, transition to the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) codes, which are used for documenting patient medical diagnoses and inpatient medical procedures. [read post]
7 Feb 2011, 12:29 pm by MSP Education Blog
Therefore, to ensure compliance with federal law, the parties considered Medicare’s interests as required by 42 C.F.R. 411.46   The Parties agree that they have investigated the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (“CMS”) recovery rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. [read post]
23 Sep 2022, 5:00 am by Linda Ershow-Levenberg
According to the Bulletin, “The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has specific requirements for provider-owned or controlled residential settings in the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Final Rule. [read post]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule on November 5 revising the requirements Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers have to meet in order to continue to participate in the programs. [read post]
12 Apr 2011, 9:00 am by Kevin M. Forbush
According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare spent an average of $11,743 on beneficiaries in 2009, an amount Ryan calls “unsustainable. [read post]
10 Jun 2020, 11:29 am by Patrick A. Malone
As the Covid-19 pandemic has put huge stresses on medical systems around the globe, the strains have taken their toll:  The credibility and authority — of federal agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and elite professional journals like the Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine — have taken big hits in… [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]
14 Aug 2015, 9:31 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
The August 7, 2013, issue of the Federal Register published the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule titled: Medicare Program: FY2014 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update; Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements; and Updates on Payment Reform. [read post]
19 Jul 2012, 1:51 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare payment and other policies for the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) for calendar year (CY) 2013. [read post]
12 Jan 2009, 1:41 pm
CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) has published new guidelines regarding pressure sores (decubitus ulcers). [read post]
18 Jun 2011, 2:08 pm
A recent NY Times article reports that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services continues to find that some hospitals are unnecessarily performing double CT scans on patients' chests in order to increase the bill to the healthcare insurance providers. [read post]
28 Dec 2017, 12:27 pm by Nursing Home Law Center Staff
Jacksonville Illinois Nursing Home Makes Unfortunately List of Worst Facilities Every nursing facility in the United States must undergo traditional recertification surveys performed by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and state agencies. [read post]
16 Nov 2011, 8:02 am by Judicial Watch Blog
A controversial Medicare and Medicaid Innovation center created by Obamacare will give “community-based organizations” and other qualified groups $1 billion to devise “compelling new ideas” to deliver better services to those “with the highest health care needs. [read post]
8 Jun 2022, 11:08 am by Patrick A. Malone
The 2021 embarrassment for federal officials, instead, may turn into inflation anticipation, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has said. [read post]
28 May 2014, 6:35 am by Rebecca Shafer, J.D.
Since 2001, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have been issuing “policy memoranda,” which has created only more confusion. [read post]
1 Jun 2012, 4:25 am by Jeff Marshall
 Programs that would be exempt from these automatic sequester cuts include Medicaid, CHIP, Social Security, SSI, most of Medicare, veterans’ benefits, some other means tested programs, federal retirement, and tax credits. [read post]
22 Feb 2010, 6:00 am by Bruce Nye
    The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") has just announced that it will not require the exchange of file data until January 1, 2011. [read post]