PODCAST: Williams Mullen GovCon Perspectives - Why Was My SWaM Certification Denied, and What Can I Do?
In the wake of its recent efforts to settle claims (see the 2014 initial hospital inpatient settlement and the 2016 second-round wave), in the heavily backlogged Medicare administrative appeals system, CMS has introduced a...more
On June 17, 2019, CMS announced a voluntary settlement program for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) appeals pending at the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), the Qualified Independent Contractor, the Office of...more
A recent report issued by OIG finding an Indiana community hospital owed over $22 million in extrapolated overpayments carries some important lessons for hospitals audited under OIG’s hospital compliance program. As described...more
On July 25, 2016, Judge John D. Bates of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a memorandum opinion broadly construing 42 U.S.C. § 1395ww(j) to prohibit administrative or judicial review of a...more