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
CMS payment suspensions can cripple any provider's or supplier's operations. Yet, CMS has the authority to impose a payment suspension upon the mere existence of "reliable information" that an overpayment or fraud may exist....more
On December 30, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its final rule establishing a prior authorization program for certain durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS)...more