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Ep. 59 – Treating Medicare Beneficiaries as a Cash-Based Practice

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Cash-based practices, or providers who neither participate with nor bill insurers, are becoming increasingly common, especially in certain specialties such as primary care, women’s health, and mental health. While providers...more

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District Court Elucidates the Meaning of “to Induce” Under the Federal Health Care Program Anti-Kickback Statute

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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia recently dismissed an appeal by the Pharmaceutical Coalition for Patient Access (“PCPA”) that challenged a negative opinion issued by the U.S. Department...more

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Seniors Often Must Fight for Medicare Home Health Benefits

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Medicare is mandated to cover your home health benefits with no limit on the time you are covered. Unfortunately, few Medicare beneficiaries get the level of service they are entitled to, and many find their services cut off...more

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OIG Recommends Improvements to Skilled Nursing Facility Billing Policies Regarding Changes in Therapy

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The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a report that calls for CMS to accelerate its efforts to implement a new method for paying for changes in skilled nursing facility...more

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CMS Proposes Value-Based Purchasing Model, Other Updates to the 2016 Home Health Prospective Payment System

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its proposed update to the home health prospective payment system (HHPPS) for calendar year (CY) 2016 in the July...more

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CMS Proposes to Establish Separate Payment for End of Life Planning Services

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On July 8, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that updates payment rates and related reimbursement and quality policies for physician services furnished under the Medicare...more

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Delivery System Reform 2.0: Scaling Alternative Payment Models is the New Normal

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For some health care providers, a pair of recent announcements made by the Obama Administration to implement mandatory alternative payment models (APMs) for home health value-based purchasing and bundled payments for hip and...more

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GAO Recommends Congress Reduce Incentives for Prescribing 340B Drugs

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The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report entitled “Medicare Part B Drugs: Action Needed to Reduce Financial Incentives to Prescribe 340B Drugs at Participating Hospitals” (“the...more

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Beneficiary Assignment Under the MSSP Final Rule

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This is the fourth post in Health Care Law Today’s series on the final rule. This post addresses how CMS assigns beneficiaries to an ACO participating in the MSSP. In the MSSP ACO Final Rule, CMS finalized new...more

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OIG Reports Limited Compliance with Face-to-Face Certification Requirement for Home Health

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The OIG recently released a report summarizing the details of its study regarding compliance with the requirement that physicians (or certain practitioners working with them) who certify beneficiaries as eligible for Medicare...more

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Government Imposes Moratorium on Medicare Hearings and Appeals

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The Federal Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) was established in July 2005 to administer the Medicare appeals program. OMHA adjudicates appeals regarding Medicare entitlement and Medicare provider reimbursement....more

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CMS Issues Guidance On Medicare Coverage of Items and Services Furnished to Beneficiaries in Custody Under a Penal Authority

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In October 2013, CMS issued a Fact Sheet outlining its policy regarding beneficiaries who are incarcerated or in custody. Pursuant to 42 C.F.R. §§ 411.4, 411.6 and 411.8, where a beneficiary is in custody on the date items or...more

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Ninth Circuit Vacates Injunctions Barring HHS From Seeking Prepayment of Medicare Secondary Payer Reimbursements

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently vacated injunctions entered by a district court that banned HHS from seeking “up front” reimbursements for Medicare secondary payments from beneficiaries who...more

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A Review of CMS' Approach to $125 Million Recoupment of Payments to Providers for Services to Incarcerated / Unlawfully Present...

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CMS seeks to recover from providers $125 million in alleged overpayments for services to beneficiaries who are belatedly identified as ineligible (incarcerated/unlawfully present). In this post, Sheppard Mullin examines the...more

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