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Medicare Overpayments: CMS Proposes Regulation Establishing Six Month Suspended Deadline for 60-Day Refund Rule

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The 60-day Refund Rule, created by the 2010 Affordable Care Act, requires providers to report and return Medicare and Medicaid overpayments within 60 days of identifying them. See Section 1128J(d) of the Social Security Act,...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

CMS Publishes Final Rules Implementing Part C and Part D Program Changes

On April 23, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published final rules setting forth Changes to the Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program for Contract Year 2024--Remaining...more

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CMS Finalizes Rule Regarding Marketing Changes, Beneficiary Protections, and Coverage for Medicare Parts C and D

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On April 4, 2024, CMS published a final rule implementing certain policy changes to the Medicare Advantage (MA) Program (Medicare Part C) and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program (Medicare Part D). According to the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Issues CY2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D Final Rule

On April 4, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued the contract year 2025 (CY2025) Medicare Advantage and Part D final rule (the “Final Rule”). In addition to finalizing its CY2025 proposed rule,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Announces Medicare Advantage and Part D Rates for CY 2025

On April 1st, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced its Medicare Advantage (“MA”) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies for Calendar Year (“CY”) 2025. This announcement builds on the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

340B Remedy Rule and Medicare Advantage Rates: Navigating Shifting Payments

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On April 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Announcement of Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies, otherwise known as the...more

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Another News-Filled Medicare Advantage Regulatory Week

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Although I previously declared January 2024 Medicare Advantage (MA) Month, this week has also been filled with news about the MA program. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final rate announcement...more

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CMS Releases CY 2025 Rate Announcement for Medicare Advantage and Part D

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On April 1, 2024, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Announcement of Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and D Payment Policies (Rate Announcement). CMS...more

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CMS Previews Changes to Medicare Advantage Capitation Rates, Parts C and D Payment Policies

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2025 for Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies on Jan....more

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CMS Proposes Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Part D Programs Aimed at Improving Beneficiary Protections, Access to Care, and...

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On November 6, 2023, CMS released a pre-publication version of a proposed rule (Proposed Rule) that is set to publish in the Federal Register on November 15, 2023, and that would amend the regulations governing Medicare...more

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Tenth Circuit Holds that ERISA and Medicare Part D Preempt Oklahoma PBM Law

On August 15, 2023, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down its opinion in Pharmaceutical Care Management Association v. Mulready (Mulready) holding that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and...more

Epstein Becker & Green

CMS Forwards Its Health Equity Agenda through Its Annual Prospective Payment System Rulemaking Process

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) is using its annual rulemaking process to update the CMS payment system rules for fiscal year (“FY”) 2024 as a mechanism to advance health equity systematically across...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

2024 Final Rule: CMS Announces More Changes to Medicare Advantage but Declines to Reform the “60 Day Rule”

On April 5, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the 2024 Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Benefit Programs Final Rule (“Final Rule”), which will be codified at 42 C.F.R. Parts 417, 422, 423,...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

CMS Charts the Future of Medicare Advantage and Part D in 2024

CMS published the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2024 Medicare Advantage (“MA”) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies (“Rate Announcement“) on March 31 and, five days later, issued the MA and Part D final rule for...more

McDermott Will & Emery

CMS Finalizes Risk Adjustment Model in 2024 Rate Announcement for Medicare Advantage and Part D

On March 31, 2023, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its Announcement of Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies, otherwise known as...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

Medicare Advantage 2024 Rate Announcement – Further Impacts to Risk Adjustment

On Friday, March 31, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies (Rate Announcement). This Rate...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

EnforceMintz — Significant 2022 Regulatory and Policy Developments

From an agency guidance and regulatory developments perspective, 2022 was fairly quiet until the latter part of the year. Consistent with past practice, the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human...more

McDermott Will & Emery

CMS Releases the CY 2024 Advance Notice for Medicare Advantage and Part D

On February 1, 2023, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2024 for Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and D...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

CMS Proposed Rule for Refunding Overpayments Would Align With False Claims Act “Knowledge” Standard

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a rule late last year to harmonize the standard it would apply for providers to identify and refund overpayments with the “knowledge” standard under the False Claims...more

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Will CMS’s Proposed Rule on “Identified Overpayments” Increase Reverse FCA Cases?

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On December 27, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule which, in part, seeks to amend the existing regulations for Medicare Parts A, B, C, and D regarding the standard for when an...more

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CMS Proposed Rule Addresses Multiple Aspects of Medicare Advantage Program for 2024, Including an Overpayment Rule Update

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On December 14, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that contemplates several changes to, and clarifications of, guidance for the Medicare Advantage (MA) program in coverage year 2024....more

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CMS Publishes Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Medicare Advantage Marketing Policies

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CMS released an FAQ document regarding marketing and communications requirements for the Part C and Part D programs. The FAQs seek to clarify rules issued by CMS in the 2023 Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Benefit...more

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CMS Released the Part C and Part D Advance Notice; Comments are Due March 4, 2022

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On February 2, 2022, CMS released the Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for calendar year 2023 for Medicare Advantage capitation rates and Part C and Part D payment policies (the Advance Notice). CMS calculates the...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

It’s Medicare Open Enrollment Time: Is Your Plan Still Working for You?

Every year Medicare gives beneficiaries a window of opportunity to shop around and determine if their current Medicare plan is still the best one for them. During Medicare's Open Enrollment Period, which runs from October 15...more

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CMS Issues a Technical Alert on the PAID Act

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On December 11, 2020, the Provide Accurate Information Directly (PAID) Act was signed into law by then-President Trump, with the express intent to assist settling parties to identify whether settling claimants to personal...more

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