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McCarter & English, LLP

CMS Updates Master List for DMEPOS

The Master List for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) comes from a November 2019 final rule that created the list to serve as a library of items that have been identified as potential...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Warning: Minor Errors Can Mean Big Takebacks for AWV Claims

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A March 11 article in Part B News, “Warning: Minor Errors Can Mean Big Takebacks for AWV Claims,” discussed how compliance shortcomings can cause problems for claims to Medicare for annual wellness visits (AWVs). Rivkin...more

Venable LLP

Mitigating Class Action Exposure: An Excerpt from the Advertising Law Tool Kit

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When it comes to mitigating the risk of class action lawsuits, the best offense is a good defense. Companies can take many steps to reduce their exposure to class action litigation before it happens, including the tactics...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Moffitt Center’s FCA Settlement is First of 2024; Questions Surround Nature of Billing Errors

Moffitt Cancer Center’s recent $19.5 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the state of Florida resolving allegations that billing errors violated the False Claims Act (FCA) triggered a “fully...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Ultragenyx to Pay $6 Million To Settle False Claims Act Case

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Ultragenyx to Pay $6 Million To Settle False Claims Act Case - Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. recently agreed to pay $6 million to settle a qui tam action filed under the False Claims Act (FCA). Ultragenyx manufactures a...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

CFPB Fines National Bank $9 Million for Improper Handling of Credit Card Billing Error Notices and Claims of Unauthorized Use

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The CFPB settled a lawsuit originally filed in January 2020 against a large national bank, claiming it violated the Truth in Lending Act and its implementing Regulation Z, as well as the Consumer Financial Protection Act, by...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Takes Steps to Lower SNF Medicare Payment Error Rates

With the Medicare Comprehensive Error Rate Testing program projected error rate for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) showing a significant increase in 2022 (15.1%, up from 7.9% in 2021), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Physician coding and billing risks

CT magazine (August 2022) - Medical school curriculum is heavy in anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology, and clinical rotations or clerkships. There is very little, if any, instruction on proper coding and billing...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

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

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 32. News Briefs: September 2020

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, no. 32 (September 14, 2020) -  In an audit of 100 outlier payments, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) said Baylor Scott & White – College Station, a hospital in Texas, didn’t...more

Akerman LLP

CFPB Announces Supervisory and Enforcement Flexibility Regarding Billing Errors During COVID-19

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On May 13, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a Statement on Supervisory and Enforcement Practices Regarding Regulation Z Billing Error Resolution Timeframes in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic...more

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CFPB issues statement on Regulation Z billing error resolution timeframes in light of COVID-19 pandemic

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The CFPB has issued a statement regarding its supervisory and enforcement approach to Regulation Z billing error resolution timeframes in light of the COVID-19 pandemic....more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 16. News Briefs: April 2020 #3

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 16 (April 27, 2020) - The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has proposed a rule on civil monetary penalties (CMPs) for information blocking and fraud related to HHS grants, contracts...more

Payne & Fears

Technicalities Don't Defeat Provider Claims for Emergency Services

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Last week, the Court of Appeal gave a victory to non-contracted providers of emergency medical services. In San Jose Neurospine v. Aetna Health of California, the court rejected Aetna's position that because the provider "did...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Observation Is Attracting Audit Attention; Hours Are a Risk, And Watch Out for the MOON

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 5 (February 10, 2020) -  At least two Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) have set their sights on observation services, and there may be more to come. WPS is auditing...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Proper use of the KX modifier for Part B immunosuppressive drug claims

Compliance Today, December 2019 - According to a recent MLN Connects notice, “A recent Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report noted that, in some cases, pharmacies incorrectly billed Medicare Part B for claims using...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

'Misinterpretation' of Breach Rule, Lack of Internal BAA Cost Hospital Group $2.1M

Report on Patient Privacy 19, no. 12 (December 2019) - Sentara Hospitals, a nonprofit group of 12 medical centers in Virginia and North Carolina, will implement a fairly minimal two-year corrective action plan (CAP) and...more

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