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Medicare Proposes New Steps to Protect Taxpayer Dollars
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today proposed that providers and suppliers must report and return self-identified overpayments either within 60 days of the incorrect payment being identified, or on the date when a corresponding cost report is due – whichever is later.
Newsroom Press ReleaseCMS PROPOSES IMPROVEMENTS TO MEDICARE
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) has proposed revisions to the Medicare Advantage program and prescription drug benefit program (Part D) that would implement new benefits under the Affordable Care Act and increase patient protections.
Newsroom Press ReleaseNEW TECHNOLOGY TO HELP FIGHT MEDICARE FRAUD
On the heels of the White House launch of the Campaign to Cut Waste - an administration wide initiative to crack down on waste, fraud and abuse, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that starting July 1, it will begin using innovative predictive modeling technology to fight Medicare fraud.
Newsroom Press ReleaseNEW REPORT SHOWS CMS PILOT PROGRAM SAVING NEARLY $700 MILLION IN IMPROPER MEDICARE PAYMENTS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today released a new report offering fresh evidence that the recovery audit contractors (RACs) pilot program is successfully identifying improper payments.
Newsroom Press ReleaseCMS ADMINISTRATOR TOM SCULLY TO STEP DOWN DEC. 15
CMS Administrator Tom Scully announced today he will resign effective Dec. 15, following three years at the helm of the nation’s second and third-largest domestic programs, Medicare and Medicaid.
Newsroom Press ReleaseNEW EFFORTS AIMED AT STOPPING ABUSE OF THE POWER WHEELCHAIR BENEFIT IN THE MEDICARE PROGRAM
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced a 10-point initiative to substantially curb abuse of the Medicare program by unscrupulous providers of power wheelchairs and other power mobility products who prey on Medicare beneficiaries.
Newsroom Press ReleaseCMS TAKES STEPS TO CRACK DOWN ON INAPPROPRIATE HOSPITAL OUTLIER CLAIMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today proposed new regulations that will prevent further gaming of the outlier system. A few hundred hospitals in recent years have obtained the lion’s share of these payments by manipulating their Medicare billing to maximize Medicare outlier revenues.
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