A HHS study found physicians are still improperly billing Medicare enrollees for services of which they should be exempt, according to The New York Times. 1. Despite official warnings about fines or ...
If your first Medicare bill is higher than expected, it could be due to the number of months the bill covers, late enrollment penalties, or because you earn above a certain amount and must pay a ...
HHS and the Department of Justice announced its Medicare Fraud Strike Force has charged 91 people — ranging from hospital administrators to physicians — for allegedly billing Medicare for $429.2 ...
CMS has proposed two rules that would pay for more hospital inpatient services under Medicare Part B when a Medicare Part A claim is denied. The first rule would allow CMS to pay hospitals additional ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has significantly increased its use of powerful program integrity tools that can revoke or deactivate billing privileges in a matter of days. These ...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have launched a new partnership to eliminate duplicate healthcare billing for veterans. This ...
Participation in Medicare ordinarily requires physicians and practitioners to submit claims on behalf of beneficiaries and comply with statutory charge limits. However, Section 1802 of the Social ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Western New York Medical P.C. agreed to pay $251,477 to resolve allegations that it submitted improper Medicare billing for chronic care management services, the United States ...
The Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) is a tool Medicare uses to track the care that doctors provide to individuals. It processes and handles claims in settings that serve Medicare Part A ...