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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

Gardner Law

From Discretion to Regulation: FDA's New Path for LDTs

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Earlier this year, we reported on the expected U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruling concerning Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs). The FDA has consistently shown a commitment to regulating LDTs. On May 6, 2024, the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Hospitals Were Overpaid $33M Over Device Credits; Policy May Change

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Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 42 (November 23, 2020) - Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) will be coming to 911 hospitals for overpayments caused by unreported manufacturer credits for recalled or...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Hospitals Face Sizable Overpayment Liability for Not Reporting Medical Device Credits

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The Office of Inspector General (OIG) continues to unearth widespread noncompliance by hospitals with requirements for reporting the receipt of medical device credits. In a March 2018 report examining payments received by...more

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CMS Proposes Changes to Sunshine Act Reporting

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Drug and device manufacturers breathing a sigh of relief after completing their 2013 data submissions under the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (the “Sunshine Act’) must now contend with four proposed changes to the Sunshine...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Cloudy Skies Ahead for Providers? CMS’ Release of Medicare Billing Data Combined with Physician Payment Sunshine Act Data May...

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In February 2013, we reported (on our Healthcare Law Blog) that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the final rule for the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. In the interest of providing more...more

Perkins Coie

CMS Issues Final Physician Payment Sunshine Act Regulations

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On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited final regulations implementing the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (Act or Sunshine Act). The Sunshine Act requires drug,...more

Holland & Knight LLP

CMS Issues Final Physician Payment Sunshine Rule

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In an action that will have broad implications for drug and device manufacturers, researchers, distributors, teaching hospitals and physicians, on February 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publicly...more

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Health Law Alert: Final Sunshine Act Regulations Released

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On Friday, February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the long-awaited Sunshine Act regulations. The Sunshine Act requires disclosure of payments and value transfers (Payments) from drug and...more

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