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Two U.S. regulatory agencies rip nursing homes for sketchy debt collection

Two federal regulatory agencies have rebuked nursing homes and their debt collectors, warning them that they may be breaking the law with sketchy efforts to make loved ones and friends pay for the care of sick, injured, and...more

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Seventh Circuit Signals Ongoing Importance of Compliance with Medicare “Bad Debt” Regulations

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In a recent decision, U.S. ex rel. Sibley v. Univ. of Chicago Medical Center, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit considered allegations that two medical billing and debt collection companies, Medical Business...more

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CFPB releases report and issues circular on nursing home debt collection

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If you’re collecting debt for nursing home care, you might want to double check who is responsible for payment. Last week, in conjunction with a field hearing, the CFPB issued a new Consumer Financial Protection Circular and...more

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Healthcare Law Update: September 2018

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Regulation - CMS Contemplating Telemedicine Changes - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published what it described as a "major proposed rule" that covers a number of topics that could have...more

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D.C. District Court Holds that CMS’s Rigid Application of the “Similar Collection Efforts” Requirement Violates the Bad Debt...

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In a case of first impression in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, brought by King & Spalding on behalf of Mountain States Health Alliance, the court held that CMS’s disallowance of certain Medicare bad...more

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CMS Accepts Court Ruling That Bad Debt Still at Collection is Allowable

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As we reported in a recent Payment Matters article, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled this spring, for a second time, that a Medicare contractor is not permitted to disallow Medicare bad debt...more

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