From the early days of the Medicare program, Medicare has had in place rules allowing payment for Medicare "bad debt" – that is, uncollected deductible and coinsurance amounts associated with a Medicare beneficiary's receipt...more
As reported in previous Payment Matters articles (6/11/08, 4/4/13 and 6/27/13), the United States District Court for the District of Columbia has ruled in two separate opinions that a Medicare contractor is not permitted to...more