Hospice Insights Podcast - Meet the New Laws, Same as the Old Laws: Overpayment Recoupment Update
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - SECURE 2.0 Act - More Relief for Plan Administrators
Recent Tenth Circuit Decision in John Q Hammons Fall Following SCOTUS’ Decision in Siegel v. Fitzgerald Could Result in Significant Refunds for Certain Chapter 11 Debtors
Nuts and Bolts of a Repayment Investigation: Keys to Conducting Investigations Under the 60-Day Repayment Rule
Hospice Audit Series: The Latest Developments and Strategies for Success in the Ever-changing Audit Landscape
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights key regulatory and enforcement activity for March 2025. This month features: - Noteworthy enforcement actions demonstrating that the Anti-Kickback Statute...more
HealthOne Critical Care Transport Service Inc., doing business as MedicOne Medical Response of Marion, Illinois, has agreed to pay $302,124 to settle allegations it improperly billed Medicare for scheduled, non-emergency...more
On August 13, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”), in a much-anticipated decision, unanimously reversed rulings by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia...more
In its Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2012, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it would begin reviews of Medicare payments to hospitals to determine compliance...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
Medicare and Medicaid providers have an obligation to refund overpayments from federal health care programs. The False Claims Act (“FCA”) imposes liability for any person who “knowingly conceals or knowingly and improperly...more
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) proposed rule expands the use of civil monetary penalties and solicits comments on the penalty for failure to report and return overpayments. ...more
Medicare overpaid the home health industry $2 billion between January 2011 and December 2012, according to a recent report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG). The OIG’s...more
On February 12, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that Federal courts do not have jurisdiction to review HHS’s determination of a “sustained or high level of payment error,” one of two possible...more
The ATRA significantly alters provider rights related to overpayment recoupment, refunds, audits and claims appeals. A provision entitled "Removing obstacles to collection of overpayments" increases the statute of limitations...more