The Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a final rule that expands the extremely narrow warranties safe harbor to include bundled items and services. Consistent with other changes brought...more
Medicare Advantage (MA) is the rapidly growing private plan option in the Medicare program. More than one-third of all Medicare beneficiaries choose MA — more than 24 million people. The program has grown nearly 10% year over...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) allotted a blanket waiver to critical access hospitals (CAHs) of certain Medicare certification requirements to aid their response to 2019 novel coronavirus disease...more
Medicare Advantage, the private plan option in the Medicare program, is growing rapidly. Currently, 22 million people choose Medicare Advantage — more than one third of people with Medicare — and that number is expected to...more