Proposed Rule: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program Excerpts: SUMMARY: This proposed rule would implement the provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) (Pub. L. 111-5) that provide incentive payments to eligible professionals (EPs) and eligible hospitals participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs that adopt and meaningfully use […]
CMS Announces Payment, Policy Changes for Physicians Services to Medicare Beneficiaries in 2010 Excerpts: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced final changes to policies and payment rates for services to be furnished during calendar year (CY 2010) by over 1 million physicians and nonphysician practitioners who are paid under the Medicare […]
Senator Ted Kaufman (D-DE) introduced the Health Care Fraud Enforcement Act of 2009, co-sponsored by Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Committee members Arlen Specter (D-PA), Herb Kohl (D-WI), Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), on October 28, 2009, follwing a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Effective Strategies for Preventing Health Care Fraud.” This […]
HHS EMPLOYS NEW TOUGHER STANDARDS IN CALCULATION OF IMPROPER MEDICARE PAYMENT RATES FOR 2009 Excerpt: As part of the Obama Administration’s goal of reducing waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) significantly revised and improved its calculations of Medicare […]
The FTC announced on Oct. 30 that it will once again extend the enforcement deadline for the identity theft Red Flags Rule, giving financial institutions and creditors (including health care organizations that bill patients after the completion of services) until June 1, 2010, to address the issue. See the complete press release here.