News & Analysis as of

Office of the Inspector General Skilled Nursing Facility

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review 2017

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on

A LOOK BACK... A LOOK AHEAD - While the uncertainty associated with legislative efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) dominated most of the headlines for the healthcare industry last year,...more

Ruder Ware

Inspector General Audit Could Impact Skilled Nursing Facilities

Ruder Ware on

Skilled nursing facilities (SNF) may see even more scrutiny from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) because of a recent audit conducted by the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and...more

Holland & Knight LLP

OIG Reports That CMS Has Inadequate System for Identifying SNF Abuse

Holland & Knight LLP on

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued an “Early Alert” regarding the preliminary results of an ongoing study of potential abuse or neglect in Medicare-certified skilled...more

Polsinelli

Coming Soon to a Hospital near You: Mandatory Bundled Payments for Common Surgeries

Polsinelli on

Recent action by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announces significant change in reimbursement methodology for high volume orthopedic surgical procedures in many markets nationwide. Affected stakeholders...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

OIG Issues New Report On SNF Billing For Therapy Services

On June 5, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released another study in its continuing scrutiny of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and therapy services: Skilled Nursing...more

King & Spalding

MedPAC Issues March 2015 Report to Congress on Medicare Payment Policies

King & Spalding on

On March 13, 2015, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) issued its annual report to the Congress on Medicare payment policies (Report). The Report includes recommendations for inflation updates and payment...more

Cozen O'Connor

CMS Releases Final Rule That Increases Difficulty of Medicare Enrollment

Cozen O'Connor on

In early December, CMS released a final rule that implements certain provider (i.e., Hospitals, SNFs, physicians, etc.) and supplier (i.e., DME companies, etc.) enrollment requirements (“Rule”). The goal of CMS’...more

King & Spalding

OIG Finds That More Than $1 Billion in Inappropriate Medicare Payments Were Made to SNFs in 2009

King & Spalding on

The OIG recently issued a report (OEI-02-09-00200) concerning improper skilled nursing facility (SNF) Medicare payments in calendar year 2009 (the Report). The OIG reviewed a stratified random sample of SNF claims from 2009...more

8 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide