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False Claims Act (FCA) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 60-Day Rule

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No More Reasonable Diligence? CMS Proposes to Change Standard for Identifying Medicare Overpayments to Align with False Claims Act

On December 27, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule (Proposed Rule) which proposes certain policy and technical changes to Medicare regulations, including a notable change to the...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Internal Investigations are a MUST for Avoiding False Claims Act Liability

Many providers are not familiar with their obligations under the “60 Day Rule,” also known as Reverse False Claims liability, which can cause significant financial harm if providers fail to comply with these obligations....more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Credible Information Is Heart of 60-Day Rule; OIG: Self-Disclosure Pauses the Clock

Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 28 (August 2, 2021) - When a hospital realized it had been billing for annual wellness visits without documentation of opioid and substance use screening, it wasn’t a heavy lift to...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Medicare Advantage: Recent Developments in FCA Enforcement

The Medicare Advantage program, which allows private insurance companies to offer and administer Medicare benefits, continues to be an area of sharp scrutiny for False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement despite some significant...more

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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

Bricker Graydon LLP

A 60-Day Overpayment Refund Rule update

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The 60-Day Overpayment Refund Rule (60-Day Rule) was enacted as Section 6402 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on March 23, 2010. ...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Court Nixes CMS’s Negligence Standard for Applying False Claims Act Liability for Failure to Report and Return Overpayments

In what has become widely known as the “60-day rule,” the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that Medicare and Medicaid overpayments be reported and returned within the later of the date which is 60 days after the date on...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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

2016 – Health Law Year in Review

We are pleased to present our annual review of developments in the field of health law. The year was marked by key changes in False Claims Act jurisprudence and Medicare payment policy. 2016 also brought with it focused...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

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The 60-Day Rule: Failure to Return Overpayments Caused by Software Glitch Costs Hospital $2.95 Million

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A software glitch can be just as risky for a healthcare provider as submitting a false claim. Or so it was declared on August 24, 2016 when the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that Continuum...more

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Raising Kane: CMS’s 60-Day Rule Commands More Than Treble Damages

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In August 2015, we published a client advisory on the first judicial opinion interpreting the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) “60-day overpayment rule,” which requires providers to “report and return” an overpayment of Medicare...more

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Health Law Pulse - September 2016

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DOJ, NY AG REACH SETTLEMENT WITH HOSPITALS IN LANDMARK 60 - DAY RULE CASE - On August 24, 2016, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and the New York State attorney general announced a $2.95 million...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

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

CMS Finalizes Rule on Reporting and Returning Medicare Overpayments

The Affordable Care Act (sometimes referred to as Obamacare) included a requirement for providers to report and return all Medicare and Medicaid overpayments within 60 days of identification. Although this requirement has...more

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Next Steps: Helping Your Organization Implement the New Medicare Overpayment Rule - Part I

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On February 12, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a final rule that explains the requirements for providers and suppliers reporting and returning overpayments under Medicare Parts A & B (the...more

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Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Announces 60-Day Overpayment Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Reporting and Returning of Overpayments Final Rule (Final Rule) on February 12, 2016. The Final Rule implements Section 6402(a) of the Affordable Care Act,...more

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CMS Clarifies 60-Day Reporting Requirements For Medicare Parts A & B

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has clarified the reporting requirements and lookback period for overpayments from Medicare Parts A and B in Final Rule 6037 (“Final Rule”), issued by CMS on February 12,...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Health Law Insights Newsletter - Issue 7 - March 2016

McCarter & English, LLP’s Health Care Group presents Issue 7 of the Health Law Insights, which discusses the latest legal issues in the health care industry. NATIONAL - Providers’ Obligation to Report Medicare...more

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CMS Implements Final Rule on Medicare Parts A and B Overpayments

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After more than four years since the issuance of its Proposed Rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will implement its Final Rule on the reporting and return of Medicare Parts A and B overpayments,...more

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CMS Finalizes the 60 Day Overpayment Rule

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The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published its final rule on Friday, February 12, 2016. The final rule clarifies two key sections of the often described 60-Day...more

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Final Rule Clarifies Requirements for Reporting and Returning Medicare Overpayments

Medicare Part A and B providers and suppliers should take note of new regulations recently issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that implement the Affordable Care Act’s 60-day rule on reporting and returning...more

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Physician Compliance Programs: What you need to know about the Final 60-Day Rule

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The 60-Day Rule was enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act on March 23, 2010 and generally requires a person who has received an overpayment to report and return the overpayment by the later of (i) the date which is 60...more

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