The Trump administration is withholding funding for multiple CDC programs, including initiatives on diabetes, chronic kidney disease, youth violence prevention, gun injury research, and tobacco use, according to a Wall Street...more
Industry players agree on need for quality assurance but believe CMS’ QIP program for ESRD care delivery flawed - The ESRD Quality Incentive Program (QIP) implemented by CMS provides a payment penalty of up to 2% for...more
Fresenius to defend itself from FCA suit following whistleblower allegations - A former employee alleges Fresenius engaged in arrangements with hospitals and nephrologists to ensure patient referrals to its dialysis...more
CMS to reprocess excepted off-campus provider-based outpatient claims following court ruling - CMS says it’ll begin reprocessing claims for outpatient clinic visit services provided at excepted off-campus provider-based...more
On March 10, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) supplemented the guidance that we previously discussed in our March 6, 2020 blog post in order to provide additional guidance to healthcare providers,...more