Focus on What Matters: The Importance of the Hospice Election Statement
Traditional Medicare (Parts A and B) and Medicare Advantage (Part C, including additional vision, dental, and hearing benefits) plans aim to provide comprehensive medical benefits to American Seniors and adults with...more
Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 8 (March 1, 2021) - According to a CMS spokesperson, “CMS has not yet determined when Targeted Probe and Educate reviews will resume.” Meanwhile, “CMS continues to temporarily pause...more
Early statistics and data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) reveal the extent to which COVID-19 has affected Medicare beneficiaries generally and nursing home residents in particular....more
Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 12 (March 30, 2020) A federal court on March 24 ordered CMS to let Medicare patients “challenge decisions by hospitals” to change their status from inpatients to observation, dating...more
Earlier this month, the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) released two reports regarding its concerns and recommendations related to quality of care at hospice facilities....more