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Seventh Circuit Signals Ongoing Importance of Compliance with Medicare “Bad Debt” Regulations

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In a recent decision, U.S. ex rel. Sibley v. Univ. of Chicago Medical Center, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit considered allegations that two medical billing and debt collection companies, Medical Business...more

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Bad Debts - A State Income & Sales Tax Perspective

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It's no mystery that when times are hard, bad debts skyrocket. But how do businesses handle bad debts for state income and sales tax purposes? Matt Hunsaker hits the high points in this week's episode....more

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Court Rules in Favor of Hospitals in Bad Debt Collection Effort

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On July 25, 2016, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued an opinion favoring provider flexibility in the reasonable collection of Medicare bad debt. Winder HMA, LLC, et al. v. Sylvia Burwell. The...more

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D.C. District Court Holds that CMS’s Rigid Application of the “Similar Collection Efforts” Requirement Violates the Bad Debt...

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In a case of first impression in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, brought by King & Spalding on behalf of Mountain States Health Alliance, the court held that CMS’s disallowance of certain Medicare bad...more

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CMS Accepts Court Ruling That Bad Debt Still at Collection is Allowable

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As we reported in a recent Payment Matters article, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled this spring, for a second time, that a Medicare contractor is not permitted to disallow Medicare bad debt...more

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D.C. District Court Again Rules That Bad Debt at a Collection Agency is Allowable

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The United States District Court for the District of Columbia recently ruled, again, that a Medicare contractor is not permitted to disallow Medicare bad debts solely on the ground that the bad debt is still at an outside...more

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