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Medicare Medicare Claims Appeals Process

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

More on Understanding the Medicare Overpayment Appeals Process

The initial article on this subject discussed generally why Medicare providers need to understand the Medicare administrative appeals process, especially in connection with overpayment determinations, Additional Documentation...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Judicial Opinions Support Delay of Recoupment from Audit Appeals Until After ALJ Hearings in Certain Circumstances

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Recent opinions by the Fifth Circuit, the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas, and the District of South Carolina offer hope to providers seeking relief from substantial monetary recoupments during the Medicare appeals...more

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HHS Expands Settlement Conference Facilitation for Medicare Claims Appeals

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on November 3, 2017 additional settlement options for providers and suppliers in an effort to improve the Medicare claims appeals process, which included (1) the Low...more

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Expanded Option to Settle Medicare Appeals

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In an effort to resolve its backlog of Medicare appeals, the Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) established a Settlement Conference Facilitation (SCF) pilot program in June...more

Cozen O'Connor

Court of Appeals Finds Jurisdiction In Medicare Appeals Backlog Case

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The Fifth Circuit has recently held that its courts have jurisdiction to hear a lawsuit seeking to enjoin Medicare from recouping funds until after a hearing because (1) the provider’s claim is collateral to the underlying...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

Holland & Knight LLP

Trump Administration Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Budget and Healthcare Programs

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The Trump Administration on Feb. 12 released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget request, titled "An American Budget." Unlike last year's budget, which was released in late May, the release of this budget conforms to the typical...more

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Six Things to Know on CMS's Guidance Addressing the Low Volume Medicare Appeal Settlement

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently issued guidance that starting Feb. 5, 2018, CMS will begin the process for the Low Volume Appeal (“LVA”) settlement option that CMS had announced on Nov. 3....more

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Low Volume Appeals settlement option announced

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the Low Volume Appeals (LVA) settlement agreement option, which allows Medicare Fee-For-Service providers, physicians and suppliers (Appellants) to receive...more

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Court of Appeals Reverses D.D.C. Order Requiring HHS to Eliminate Medicare Appeals Backlog by December 31, 2020

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Hopes were dashed for sooner relief from the backlog of Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) appeals. With the backlog of Medicare reimbursement appeals steadily growing, a reversal by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of...more

Burr & Forman

Medicare Claims Appeals Process - A Refresher

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With the increased audit activity we are seeing among the alphabet soup of Medicare contractors— RACs, ZPICs, SMRCs, CERTs, etc.—now appears to be a good time for a refresher on the Medicare claims appeals process. Due to...more

Polsinelli

Update: HHS Decides Appeals Backlog Rule

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On January 17, 2017, HHS published a rule addressing public comments and finalizing changes to the Medicare benefit claim appeals processes that were proposed on July 5, 2016. Although there was initially some speculation...more

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HHS Finalizes Appeals Backlog Rule in Wake of Judicial Order

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a Final Rule aimed at reducing and eventually eliminating the backlog of more than 650,000 claims currently awaiting adjudication by an administrative law judge...more

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Medicare Appeals Backlog: HHS' Response to the Decade-Long Delay in Reviewing Appeals

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its proposed rule [PDF] revamping the Medicare appeals process at the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) level on July 5, 2016. The proposed rule extensively revises...more

King & Spalding

Also In The News - Health Headlines - June 2016 #3

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OMB Reviewing Proposal on Handling of 340B Disputes -- On June 15, 2016, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) started its review of a proposed rule under the 340B discount program, according to the OMB’s website. Under...more

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I’ll Gladly Pay You 10 Years From Today for Care Already Provided

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Most providers whose claims have been determined to be improper by the Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) under the Medicare Recovery Audit Program have discovered that the appeals backlog “is incontrovertibly grotesque.”...more

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Proposed Enrollment Rule Changes - de Facto Exclusion?

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Proposed rules, touted as enhancing the provider enrollment process, would provide CMS with sanction authority that closely parallels the OIG’s exclusion authority. Under the proposed rules, CMS would have expanded bases to...more

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Proposed 2017 Budget Savings Proposals Would Impact Providers - But Recent, Significant Decision on RACs May Soon Put Funds Back...

While providers would certainly feel the pinch from the FY 2017 budget request submitted by President Barack Obama, hospitals have some new hope on receiving funds tied up in the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) appeals...more

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Judicial Solution May Force Faster Medicare Appeals

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Last week, the American Hospital Association (AHA) and several hospitals were successful in convincing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to overturn a 2014 lower court decision, possibly paving the way for a...more

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Senate Finance Committee Leaders Introduce AFIRM Act to Address Medicare Appeals Backlog

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On December 8, 2015, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced the Audit & Appeals Fairness, Integrity, and Reforms in Medicare (AFIRM) Act of 2015 (S. 2368). ...more

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Only One Short Bite of the Apple: Change in the Medicare Enrollment Appeals Process

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In keeping with the trend to strengthen its authority to deny an enrollment or revoke Medicare billing privileges, CMS has modified the appeals process in a manner that will significantly shorten the time allotted to mount an...more

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