On February 4, 2022, OIG issued Advisory Opinion No. 22-02 in which it responded to a request for an advisory opinion submitted by a hospital system that operates a children’s hospital (Requestor) regarding a proposed...more
On June 24, 2021, CMS sent letters to Arizona and Indiana informing them that the agency has revoked its approval of provisions in their state Medicaid demonstration projects that had required adults to be employed as a...more
On November 18, 2019, CMS published the proposed Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Rule (the Proposed Rule) which, if finalized, would result in dramatic changes to the Medicaid program. Through the Proposed Rule, CMS aims to...more
On September 19, 2019, the OIG released a report relating to recent audits of the CHIPRA program. The audits, performed from April 2012 through September 2017, identified over $277 million in unallowable payments made to 12...more
On July 18, 2019, CMS published a proposed rule titled “Medicare & Medicaid Programs; Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities: Regulatory Provisions to Promote Efficiency and Transparency” (the Proposed Rule). According to...more
On October 31, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a final rule (CMS-1689-FC) (the “Final Rule”) that makes significant changes to the Home Health Prospective Payments System (“PPS”). These...more
On October 18, 2018, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a favorable advisory opinion to a Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) regarding its proposal to incentivize the MCO’s contracted providers to increase the...more
As reported previously, Hamot Medical Center (“Hamot”) and Medicor Associates, Inc. (“Medicor”) entered into a preliminary settlement agreement under which they agreed to pay $20.75 million to resolve kickback allegations...more