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The Situation: In 2016, several Medicare Advantage ("MA") organizations challenged a 2014 final rule promulgated by the Center for Medicare Services ("CMS") that broadly subjected MA organizations to potential liability under...more
The Affordable Care Act (sometimes referred to as Obamacare) included a requirement for providers to report and return all Medicare and Medicaid overpayments within 60 days of identification. Although this requirement has...more
On February 12, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a final rule that explains the requirements for providers and suppliers reporting and returning overpayments under Medicare Parts A & B (the...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has clarified the reporting requirements and lookback period for overpayments from Medicare Parts A and B in Final Rule 6037 (“Final Rule”), issued by CMS on February 12,...more
Medicare Part A and B providers and suppliers should take note of new regulations recently issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that implement the Affordable Care Act’s 60-day rule on reporting and returning...more
The 60-Day Rule was enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act on March 23, 2010 and generally requires a person who has received an overpayment to report and return the overpayment by the later of (i) the date which is 60...more
CMS provides some clarity in Affordable Care Act final rule, but questions remain, complicating compliance efforts. On February 12, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule (Final...more
CMS has issued the final regulations to implement that section of the Affordable Care Act amending the Social Security Act to provide that retention of identified overpayment could be a false claim and be subject to both the...more
Four years after the issuance of the Proposed Rule and six years after the authorizing statute, CMS has published the much-awaited Final Rule regarding reporting and returning of Medicare Part A and B overpayments (the “Final...more
On February 11, 2016, CMS released its much anticipated final overpayment reporting and refunding rule for Medicare Parts A and B (Final Rule). The Final Rule implements Section 6402(a) of the Affordable Care Act (ACA),...more
On February 11, 2016, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) clarified several issues with regard to Medicare reporting and returning of self-identified overpayments. The Affordable Care Act (the "ACA"),...more
On February 12, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its final rule regulating how healthcare providers must report and return overpayments. This rule implements the Affordable Care Act’s...more
On February 11, 2016, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the much-anticipated final rule concerning Section 6402(a) of the Affordable Care Act, the so-called "60 Day Rule". This section requires...more
Background On February 12, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published the long-awaited Final Rule establishing CMS’s official policy for the timely Reporting and Returning of Medicare overpayments...more
On February 11, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released for publication its final rule for the Reporting and Returning of Overpayments under Medicare Part A and Part B (the “Final Rule”). The...more
The final rule relaxes the requirements on “identification” and look-back period. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its long-awaited final rule related to the reporting and refunding of...more
With Halloween looming, a discussion of skeletons that may be lurking in a health care provider’s closet is timely. Many of our previous posts, as well as the monthly Qui Tam Updates published by our Health Care Enforcement...more
On October 21, 2015, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) received the Medicare Parts A and B overpayment final rule from CMS which is the last phase before the rule is issued in the Federal Register. While the text of...more