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Provider Wins $2M Appeal at ALJ Over Modifier 25, Random Sample

Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 11 (March 22, 2021) - A cancer center has won its appeal of $2 million in Medicare claim denials in a case about modifier 25 and the extrapolation of an overpayment. Problems with the...more

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CMS Offers Expanded Settlement Options to Reduce Appeals Backlog

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In January 2018, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced additional information regarding a new Low Volume Appeals (LVA) settlement option and an expanded Settlement Conference Facilitation (SCF) as part of...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

CMS Announces Low Volume Appeal Settlement Option for Providers Mired in ALJ Backlog

On January 9, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced details on the new low volume appeal settlement option, which is the latest alternative available to Medicare Part A and Part B providers and...more

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Update: HHS Announces Two Additional Medicare Appeals Settlement Initiatives

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On Nov. 3, Health & Human Services (HHS) announced two additional initiatives to address the mounting Medicare appeals backlog at the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) level: (i) expand the Settlement Conference Facilitation...more

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Four Key Takeaways on the Expansion of the Medicare Appeals Settlement Conference Project

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On October 15, 2015, the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (“OMHA”) conducted a teleconference to address Phase II of the Settlement Conference Facilitation (“SCF”) Pilot, effective October 1, 2015. SCF, launched in...more

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CMS Revises Part B Billing Policy for Unnecessary Inpatient Admissions

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For many years, CMS policy has been that, if an inpatient admission was denied for medical necessity reasons, the hospital could bill under Part B for only a limited set of services that, significantly, did not include...more

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