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CMS Announces CY 2014 MA and Part D Rates with Change to Growth Rate Estimates

by Jeremy Earl, Anne W. Hance | McDermott Will & Emery on 4/5/2013

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the announcement of CY 2014 payment rates on April 1, which included its change in position regarding the assumption of the "doc fix" in estimates of Medicare...more

CMS Releases 2014 Advance Notice and Proposed MA and Part D Program MLR Regulations

by Jeremy Earl, Ankur Goel, Anne W. Hance | McDermott Will & Emery on 2/25/2013

On February 15, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released for comment two key documents affecting the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D Programs: (1) the Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for...more

CMS Publishes Annual Update On Recovery Audit Activity, Says Program Returned Nearly $490 Million to Medicare Trust Fund in 2011

by King & Spalding on 2/13/2013

On February 5, 2013, CMS sent Congress a report summarizing developments related to its Medicare recovery audit program for fiscal year (FY) 2011. According to the report (titled Recovery Auditing in the Medicare and...more

One-Stop Shop? Court Finds No Violation Of California’s Notary Statute Limiting Fees Charged For “Taking An Acknowledgement” Where...

by Tara C. Narayanan | Miller Starr Regalia on 2/8/2013

A California court has confirmed that notaries who provide services additional to notarizations may charge for such services without violating the fee limitations in Government Code § 8211....more

CMS Announces Participants in Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative

by King & Spalding on 2/7/2013

On January 31, 2013, CMS announced the organizations that will be participating in its Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative. Established under CMS’s innovation authority provided for in the Patient...more

CMS Announces Participants in Bundled Payment Initiative

by Jeremy Earl, J. Peter Rich | McDermott Will & Emery on 2/7/2013

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the health care organizations chosen to participate in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BCPI) Initiative. The BCPI Initiative represents a...more

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