Physician Compensation and Reimbursement
Polsinelli Podcast - Health Care Payment Changes: From Service to Value
Looking for a simple, easy-to-implement way to lower your risk of overpayments? We have one on this week’s podcast!...more
Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 8 (March 1, 2021) - According to a CMS spokesperson, “CMS has not yet determined when Targeted Probe and Educate reviews will resume.” Meanwhile, “CMS continues to temporarily pause...more
As part of a broader Trump administration announcement made on August 25, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued sweeping oversight changes in the form of an Interim Final Rule with Comment Period...more
Congress passed and the President signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub. L. 116-136) (“CARES Act”) on March 27, 2020. We recently provided guidance on how the CARES Act impacts hospitals. ...more
The OIG added 12 new items to its Work Plan in the August 2018 update. Hot topics related to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) oversight in this month's Work Plan include: state oversight of opioids; potential...more
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released a portfolio report identifying multiple vulnerabilities in the Medicare Hospice Program (the “Hospice Portfolio Report”),...more
On May 8, 2018, in its Fiscal Year 2019 (FY 2019) Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Proposed Rule, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new case-mix classification system...more
Health care bankruptcy filings more than tripled in 2017 as compared to 2016 with no end in sight to the financial struggles facing owners and operators in the sector. According to Bloomberg, health care bankruptcies have...more
On May 8, 2018, in its FY2019 SNF PPS Proposed Rule, CMS proposed a new case mix classification system that drives Medicare reimbursement for SNF inpatient services. The new system would go into effect on October 1, 2019. CMS...more
On May 4, for the first time in nearly 15 years, CMS issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) proposing a total overhaul of the current reimbursement methodology for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The...more
It should come as no surprise to anyone working with skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) that CMS has been exploring ways to adjust its current payment model to reduce or eliminate skilled therapy utilization as the primary...more
Prompt Payment Discounts Not an Anti-Kickback Statute Violation - In United States of Am. et al. ex rel. Ruscher v. Omnicare, No. 15-20629, 2016 WL 6407128 (5th Cir. Oct. 28, 2016), the court of appeals affirmed summary...more
I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On April 21, 2016, CMS issued a proposed rule entitled, “Medicare Program: FY 2017 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements.” This...more
On March 31, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report on hospice billing for general inpatient care (GIP). According to the OIG, hospices billed Medicare for...more
I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On March 8, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule entitled, “Medicare Program; Part B Drug Payment Model.” The proposed rule seeks...more
In 2015, the Medicare payment system for therapy services provided by Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) saw intense media and governmental scrutiny. Several news articles and reports were published on the need for reform,...more
Recent action by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announces significant change in reimbursement methodology for high volume orthopedic surgical procedures in many markets nationwide. Affected stakeholders...more