Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 8
Hospice Audit Series: Beyond Part D, OIG Scrutinizes the Hospice Industry to the Tune of $6.6 Billion
The Next Wave From OIG: Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Audits
Often there is a lot of attention paid to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”), Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”), and Medicare Physician Fee Schedule...more
On January 31, 2020, pursuant to Section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) determined that a public health emergency (PHE) exists due to the soaring...more
Last week, CMS announced proposed rules seeking to increase consumer protections and reduce health care disparities in Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D, with a strong emphasis on individuals who are dually eligible for...more
Many people reasonably expect that when the government is targeting a company or individual for some adverse action, they will know it—there will be a lawsuit, an indictment, or some other clear demarcating event. ...more
The final quarter of 2016 ended with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announcing Performant Recovery, Inc. (Performant) as the new national Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) to focus solely on Home Health,...more
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed updates to its Calendar Year (CY) 2017 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) in the July 5, 2016,...more
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") recently posted on its website an article indicating that, as part of enhanced screening provisions in the Affordable Care Act, it will phase in a new fingerprint-based...more