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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Medicare Overpayment Recovery Time Limits

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Apply the 60-Day Rule to Medicaid Overpayments

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The Affordable Care Act requires any person who has received an overpayment from certain defined government health programs to report and return the overpayment within 60 days after the overpayment is identified. If an...more

Roetzel & Andress

Federal Court Overturns CMS Overpayment Rule

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A recent ruling by a federal district court could have a significant impact on how certain health insurers, specifically those providing coverage pursuant to Medicare Parts C (i.e., Medicare Advantage insurers) and D (i.e.,...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Reminder: Medical Providers Must Be Attentive to Credit Balances and Other Overpayments

It has now been a number of years since the enactment of Section 6402(a) of the Affordable Care Act ("ACA"), which requires among other things that any recipient of a Medicare or Medicaid overpayment report and return it...more

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Preventing Overpayments from becoming False Claims

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Overpayments to healthcare providers receiving Medicare reimbursements are at risk of civil and criminal enforcement action if not attuned to a particular reimbursement rule and diligent in compliance with the rule’s...more

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2016 Health Care Year in Review

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Since I began writing this year-end review in 2013, there have been some common themes – a shift to pay for quality and away from fee-for service, much of which has been brought about by the Affordable Care Act (ACA): efforts...more

King & Spalding

60-Day Overpayment FCA Enforcement Action Results in $2.95 Million Settlement

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On August 23, 2016, a New York hospital system settled False Claims Act (FCA) allegations that it violated the 60-day overpayment rule by improperly retaining Medicaid overpayments. The whistleblower alleged that three of the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Overpayment Rule and the Implied False Claims Theory: “What You Don’t Know Can Still Hurt You”

In 2010, the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) enacted new rules governing overpayments made by the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Under these rules, providers have 60 days from the date that the overpayment has been identified to...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

The Medicare Overpayment Rule: Implications for Compliance and Health Care Enforcement

As has been widely discussed, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (‘‘CMS’’) Feb. 12 published the long-awaited final rule governing the return of Medicare Part A and Part B overpayments within 60 days (the...more

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CMS Issues Long-Awaited Rule Regarding Reporting and Returning Overpayments

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Section 6402(a) of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), which was enacted by Congress in 2010, requires a person who has received an overpayment to report and return the overpayment to the Secretary of Health and Human Services,...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

New CMS rule clarifies when 60-day overpayment clock starts ticking

Four years after publication of its proposed rule related to reporting and returning overpayments within 60 days, CMS has issued a final rule that responds to comments and provides greater clarity. The published rule is under...more

BakerHostetler

Breaking News: 60-Day Overpayment Rule Finalized

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final rule implementing Section 6402(a) of the Affordable Care Act that requires Medicare providers and suppliers to report and return overpayments within 60...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Identifying Overpayments Under the ACA’s 60-Day Rule Creates Additional Uncertainty in Determining False Claims Act Liability

Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), healthcare providers that receive an overpayment from Medicare or Medicaid are required to report and return the overpayment to the government within 60 days after the date on which the...more

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Recent Cases Involving 60-Day Overpayment Rule Should Put Healthcare Providers on Alert

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Two recent federal court cases show that the federal government intends to vigorously enforce the so-called “60-day Rule” for the return of overpayments enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”) even though the...more

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The Definition of Identify: The 60-Day Rule

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) established that any person who receives an overpayment from the Medicare or Medicaid programs and who does not report and return the overpayment within 60 days after...more

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The 60 Day Rule — Identification and Knowing Avoidance

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On August 3, 2015, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an opinion and order in Kane v. Healthfirst, Inc., et al.[1] that provides the first judicial interpretation of the requirement...more

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Federal Court Rejects Health System's Efforts to Dismiss 60-Day Rule Suit

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On August 3, 2015, the United States District Court in the Southern District of New York issued a long-awaited opinion and order rejecting a motion to dismiss filed by the defendants in U.S. ex rel. Kane v. Continuum Health...more

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District Court Issues First Decision Interpreting ACA's 60-day Rule

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The first case to interpret when the clock begins to run on the “60-Day Rule” did not go well for health care providers. On August 3rd, the Southern District of New York rejected defendants HealthFirst, Inc.’s and Continuum...more

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Court Imposes Potentially Unworkable Burden on Providers Under ACA's Report and Return Rule

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In Kane ex rel. U.S. v. Healthfirst, Inc., the federal district court for the Southern District of New York (District Court or Court) provided on August 3 the first and long-awaited interpretation as to when a health care...more

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When an Overpayment Becomes a False Claims Act Issue: Explaining the First Judicial Interpretation of the 60-Day Rule

On August 3, 2015, Judge Edgardo Ramos of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued the first judicial opinion addressing when a health care provider has “identified” a Medicare or Medicaid...more

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Kane and the “60-Day Rule”: The Unforgiving World of Medicare and Medicaid Overpayments

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The Southern District of New York has spoken on one of the first issues to confront those seeking compliance with the new “60-day rule” under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and it does not bode well for defendant hospitals...more

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FCA 60-Day Repayment Provision Runs from Discovery of Potential Overpayment

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The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued the first decision directly addressing when an overpayment is “identified” for purposes of starting the 60-day repayment clock under the federal False...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: First Court Decision Interpreting the Overpayment Rule Issued This Week

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Earlier this week, a key decision denying defendants’ motion to dismiss was issued in the case, Kane v. Healthfirst Inc., et al. and United States v. Continuum Health Partners Inc., et al. (case no. 1:11-cv-02325, S.D.N.Y.)....more

Balch & Bingham LLP

When Is An Overpayment “Identified?” The Answer Is In

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In a highly anticipated ruling in Kane ex rel United States, et al. v. Health First, Inc., et al., a New York federal judge has issued the first judicial interpretation of the sixty-day overpayment return provision in the...more

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In Closely Watched Case, Federal Court Upholds the Government’s Position on Provider Mandate to Report and Return Medicare and...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”), signed into law on March 23, 2010, included a provision (the “Report and Refund Mandate”), broadly requiring health care providers, suppliers, Part D plans and managed...more

Cozen O'Connor

Ignorance Is Not Bliss: The 60-Day Clock under the ACA’s “Return and Report Rule” Can Start Ticking Well Before the Exact Amount...

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On August 3, 2015, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York ruled that the United States’ and state of New York’s complaints in intervention can move forward against a group of hospitals, under the federal False...more

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