Day PitneyOn December 21, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an updated Fact Sheet on the Medicare fee-for-service overpayment process. The revised summary…
CMS Cancels Mandated Bundled Payment Models and Focuses on Voluntary Payment Models
On November 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it published a final rule (CMS-5524-F and IFC) officially canceling mandatory hip fracture and…
CMS Notice Reminds Physicians to Attest to No Data Blocking
On October 26, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted a notice “reminding providers of their responsibilities to quickly share medical information with…
On October 27, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Receivership Model Law Working Group (under the direction of the NAIC’s Receivership and Insolvency Task…
On September 7, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient Utilization and Payment data from over 3,000 hospital providers for…
Susan Huntington Speaking at Cohen Veterans Care Summit
Posted in Life Sciences, Reimbursement Matters
Day Pitney healthcare attorney Susan Huntington will be one of the featured speakers during the second annual Cohen Veterans Care Summit, September 27-28. The summit…
OIG Study Shows ACOs Reduce Costs While Improving Quality
Susan HuntingtonAccording to a study report released by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) in late August, accountable care organizations…
Cybersecurity Costs Could Prompt Future Hospital Mergers
A September 8 article in Bloomberg BNAs Health IT Law & Industry Report and other publications, “Cybersecurity Costs Could Prompt Future Hospital Mergers,” discussed the…
CMS Publishes Long-Awaited Guidance on Maintenance Coverage Standard Settlement
On August 24, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited guidance required by the January 2013 Jimmo v. Sebelius Settlement Agreement, which…
CMS Proposes Changes to Bundled Payment Initiatives
Erin HealyThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed the elimination of bundled payment program initiatives whose implementation has already been twice delayed, as previously…