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Hendershot Cowart P.C.

Qlarant, Novitas Audits Escalate as Medicare Skin Substitutes Spending Hits $1.6 Billion, CMS Seeks Evidence of Clinical...

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The wound care industry faces unprecedented scrutiny as Medicare Part B expenditures for skin substitutes exceeded $1.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2023 alone. The spending surge has triggered a wave of skin substitute...more

Kerr Russell

The Difference Between ‘Non-Covered’ vs. ‘Disallowed’ Services

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Question: I have had several colleagues describe their experience with dental plan audits. All of them have had to pay something back. Sometimes they say this is due to a service being deemed a “noncovered service.” Other...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Medicaid Overpayment Audits: What Medical Providers Need to Know

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The Audit Process - While Medicaid audits are meant to ensure integrity and efficiency of the Medicaid Program, they can often be incredibly cumbersome and challenging for medical providers to navigate. During an audit,...more

Dentons

Ep. 13 - Before You Audit… The Importance of Pre-Audit Planning

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Audits are an important part of a compliance program and help monitor compliance obligations, identify non-compliance, and quantify overpayments. But, planning the audit is often just as important as the audit itself.  One of...more

ArentFox Schiff

Fast Five: Important Law and Policy Updates for US Health Care Transactions

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With the end of the first quarter of 2024, we highlight five developments, changes, or challenges that health systems, hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, physician practices, health insurers, and other health care providers,...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 2nd Annual Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Summit on Medicare Advantage - November 2nd - 3rd, Nashville, TN

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Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 2nd Annual Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Summit on Medicare Advantage returns for another exciting year with curated programming that will address the latest oversight and...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

HHS OIG to Review CMS Citations

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Summary - The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) has announced its intention to comprehensively review nursing home citations issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

CMS Medicare Advantage RADV Final Rule: No Fee-For-Service Adjuster, May Extrapolate Audit Findings Beginning with PY 2018

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More than four years after it was proposed, on February 1, 2023 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited risk adjustment data validation (RADV) Final Rule (Final Rule) that will affect...more

Wiley Rein LLP

[Webinar] Adjusting the Risk for Medicare Advantage: Recent Enforcement Trends and Litigation Involving Medicare Advantage Risk...

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to concentrate on risk adjustment programs of payers with Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAO) as a prime enforcement target. One particular area of focus, both civilly and...more

Polsinelli

Health Care Reimbursement and Payor Dispute Update - August 2020

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Introduction - CMS has taken extensive measures to assist providers and promote access to care in light of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The efforts taken have and continue to benefit...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

THE ABC’S OF THE S.I.U.: What Providers Need To Know

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Medical record requests by payors are commonplace for health care providers. Typically, these requests are received by a front desk employee who responds to the inquiry in short order. Yet, not all requests should be treated...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Comments on CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Due Feb. 1, 2020

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Nov. 18, 2019, published a proposed Medicaid Fiscal Accountability rule that would amend existing regulations related to 1) base and supplemental payments, 2)...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Provider Coding Under Siege by PIP Payers, However, Lessons Learned are Valuable to ALL Healthcare Providers for ALL...

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In the past few years the volume of PIP insurers focusing on coding utilization by Providers has increased substantially. From larger rehabilitation facilities to smaller practices, even solo physician practices, PIP insurers...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Rise of Managed Care Audits and Reimbursement Demands in the Wake of the ACA

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If the summer of 2017 demonstrated anything, it is that health care remains a complex and contentious industry. One of its many complications stems from the natural tension between health care providers and health care...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Healthcare Law Update: September 2017

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OIG Advisory Opinions - Manufacturer's Free Replacement of Spoiled Pharmaceutical Products Authorized - On Aug. 25, 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG)...more

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