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
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia handed down a major victory to Medicare Advantage issuers on September 7, 2018, vacating a 2014 CMS regulation relating to Medicare Advantage overpayments. ...more
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
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
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
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued its final rule for Reporting and Returning of Overpayments (Final Rule). The Final Rule implements section 1128J(d) of the Social Security Act, which...more
On February 12, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a long-awaited final rule (Final Rule) implementing the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) statutory requirement that certain overpayments be...more
On February 12, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule (Final Rule) interpreting the application of Section 1128J(d) of the Social Security Act (the 60-Day Rule) to over payments...more
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 which...more
On February 12, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published its long-awaited final rule (the “Final Rule”) governing the requirement that healthcare providers report and return Medicare overpayments...more
On February 12, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its long-anticipated Final Rule implementing Section 6402(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) (section 1128J(d) of the...more
In Kane ex rel. U.S. v. Healthfirst, Inc., the federal district court for the Southern District of New York (District Court or Court) provided on August 3 the first and long-awaited interpretation as to when a health care...more
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”), signed into law on March 23, 2010, included a provision (the “Report and Refund Mandate”), broadly requiring health care providers, suppliers, Part D plans and managed...more
On August 3, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued the first judicial opinion interpreting the Affordable Care Act’s “60-day overpayment rule,” which requires providers to “report and...more
One of the most challenging compliance changes brought about by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the provision mandating the reporting and refunding of Medicare and Medicaid overpayments within 60 days of the date they are...more
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (“ACA”) requires a provider of services, supplier, Medicaid Managed Care Organization, Medicare Advantage Organization, or Prescription Drug Plan Sponsor receiving an...more
In This Issue: - Healthcare Provisions in the American Taxpayer Relief Act - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly - American Taxpayer Relief Act Amends Overpayment Recovery Time Limits - OIG Advisory Opinion Sheds...more