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Medicare Advantage 2018 Rate Announcement

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its 2018 Medicare Advantage (MA) capitation rates, with an expected increase of .45 percent, slightly higher than proposed in the advance notice. CMS estimates...more

4/26/2017 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Health Insurance , Medicare , Medicare Advantage

Brief Reprieve Before Hospitals Must Provide Medicare Patients with “Observation” Notices

Hospitals now have additional time before they must meet federal requirements to provide written notice to Medicare patients who are receiving observation services. Congress passed the Notice of Observation Treatment and...more

8/15/2016 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Cost-Sharing , Healthcare , Hospitals , Medicare , NOTICE Act , Notice Requirements , Patients , Written Notice

New CMS rule clarifies when 60-day overpayment clock starts ticking

Four years after publication of its proposed rule related to reporting and returning overpayments within 60 days, CMS has issued a final rule that responds to comments and provides greater clarity. The published rule is under...more

2/16/2016 / 60-Day Rule , Affordable Care Act , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , False Claims Act (FCA) , Health Care Providers , Medicaid , Medicare , Overpayment Recovery Time Limits

CMS Updates Two-Midnight Rule

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has revised the two-midnight rule to create an exception that will allow payment under Medicare Part A for certain medically necessary hospital stays that do not extend...more

1/5/2016 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Healthcare , Medicare Part A , Medicare Payment Reform , Two-Midnight Rule

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