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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

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

CMS Sheds Light on its Timeline for Expedited RADV Audits

Shortly following its announcement of sweeping changes to RADV audits, CMS shared industry guidance last week regarding upcoming deadlines for the submission of risk adjustment data corrections in advance of RADV sampling....more

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Administration Issues Cross-Agency Guidance Targeting Health Care Pricing and Focusing on Hospitals and Health Plans

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On May 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Treasury and Department of Labor (the “Agencies”) announced new steps intended to “strengthen healthcare price transparency.” ...more

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June 1, 2025 Prescription Drug Reporting Deadline for Group Health Plans

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Employer group health plans must make an annual disclosure of the plan's prescription drug and healthcare spending to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The disclosure, called the Prescription Drug Data...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

New York Executive Budget Proposes Amendments to MCO Provider Tax

The New York State Executive Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 proposes significant updates to the managed care organization (MCO) provider tax, aiming to enhance Medicaid funding through innovative financial strategies. The...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Reminder: RxDC Reporting Due June 1st

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With the 2024 reference year RxDC reporting deadline approaching in June, plan sponsors should re-familiarize themselves with the reporting requirements. The 2024 reference year RxDC Reporting Instructions have been released,...more

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Medicare Part D Creditable Coverage Online Disclosure Due March 1

Each year, employers that provide prescription drug coverage to Medicare-eligible individuals through a group health plan must complete a two-step process regarding the prescription drug coverage they offer to active...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

COVID-19 Telehealth Flexibilities Extending and Enduring

In the wake of an end of year filled with intense negotiations and political wrangling, Congress has successfully enacted the American Relief Act, 2025 ("the Budget Bill" or "legislation"), narrowly averting a government...more

Goldberg Segalla

[Webinar] Medicare Tune Up: Boosting Efficiency and Minimizing Costs - August 8th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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As Medicare secondary payer penalties take effect this fall, find out what’s new, what’s on the horizon, and what to watch out for to avoid pitfalls. Join Goldberg Segalla partners Philip Unwin and Jennifer Santoro for a free...more

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Medicaid: CMS Final Rules Aim to Expand Access, Provide Parity with Commercial Markets

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published two significant updates to its Medicaid regulations on May 10, 2024. The two Final Rules, a Medicaid Access Rule and a Medicaid Managed Care Rule, impose new...more

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Group Health Plans and Medicare Secondary Payer Rules: Do the Mandatory Reporting Obligations Apply to You?

The Medicare Secondary Payer provisions (MSP) apply to group health plans sponsored by employers with 20 or more employees, in both the private and public sectors. MSP’s mandatory reporting requirements are designed to...more

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Gag Clause Attestations due December 31, 2023

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If you sponsor a group health plan, make sure you set a calendar alert before the winter holidays to submit the annual gag clause prohibition compliance attestation. Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA),...more

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Gag Clauses – New Guidance and Litigation Will Inform Compliance

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Certain provisions of the Transparency in Coverage Final Regulations and the Consolidated Appropriation Act, 2021 (“CAA”) require group health plans and/or their vendors to report information to federal agencies. On December...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2021 Managed Care Compliance Conference - February 1st - 3rd, 9:30 am - 3:45 pm CST

The first ever VIRTUAL Managed Care Compliance Conference will have the great speakers and content you have come to expect from the in-person event. Each year, we look forward to hosting compliance professionals at our...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

McDermott Will & Schulte

CMS Final Rule Strengthens Integrity of Medicare Provider Enrollment Process

On September 10, 2019, the US Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule (Final Rule) expanding Medicare, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Providers and Suppliers: Do You Have Skeletons in Your Enrollment Closet?

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On September 10, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule significantly expanding its authority to deny or revoke participation in Medicare, Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Association Health Plan Perspectives (Part 2): The Look-Through Rule and the Limits of State Regulatory Power

In a summary of the recently issued Association Health Plan (AHP) final regulations, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) rightly observed that AHPs are a species of multi-employer welfare arrangements, or MEWAs, that are...more

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CMS Proposes Sweeping Changes to Medicare Reimbursement for Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests

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First Data Collection Period for Clinical Laboratories Is July 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015 - In the October 1, 2015 Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule...more

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Clinical Laboratories: Proposed Rule Implements Requirements for Reporting and Payment Based on Private Payer Rates

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As required by a 2014 statute, CMS has issued proposed regulations (Proposed Rule) implementing new requirements for laboratory reporting of, and eventually basing Medicare payment on, rates for clinical laboratory services...more

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Healthcare.gov: No 2015 Employer Subsidy Notices

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On September 18, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a set of “Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Federally-Facilitated Marketplace’s (FFM) 2016 Employer Notice Program.”...more

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Non-Group Health Plan MMSEA Section 111 Reporting Updates

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently made several announcements regarding Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act (MMSEA) Section 111 reporting for Non-Group Health Plans (NGHPs). Originally...more

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog

Attention All You Procrastinators!

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has postponed to 11:59 pm on December 5, 2014, the deadline for health insurance issuers and self funded plans to submit their annual enrollment count for the transitional...more

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You Are Now on the Clock — Sunshine Act Dispute Window Now Open

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Beginning Monday, July 14, 2014, the review, dispute and correction process outlined the National Physician Payment Transparency Program (also known as the "Sunshine Act") opens on CMS's Open Payments website. Physicians and...more

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