Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
10 KEY MEDICARE/MEDICAID ENFORCEMENT AREAS
OIG's acting chief tells what her agency is worried about. Despite years of stepped up enforcement, worries about health care fraud and abuse haven't gone away. And providers need to continue to take special pains to ensure their billings to Medicare and Medicaid are compliant. Enforcement priorities, however, do change over time - and providers can take a cue on what's riling up the feds from recent congressional testimony by HHS Office of Inspector General acting-chief Dara Corrigan. In testimony prepared for the House Budget Committee, Corrigan highlighted the following areas as particular concerns when it comes to fraud, waste and abuse:
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Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
- MedicareRx:
REFORM BILLS COULD CHANGE GREATLY DURING CONFERENCE
The final draft placed on president's desk could be quite different from either bill. Now [...] - HealthPlans:
HEALTH PLANS SAY REFORM BILLS WILL CONSTRAIN MARKET
The administration has put its weight behind a Medicare private-plan structure that would offer comprehensive [...] - HomeHealth:
HOME HEALTH INDUSTRY HAS MUCH AT STAKE IN REFORM BILLS
Background Check Proposal Catches HHAs By Surprise. The Medicare bills passed by the House and [...] - Rehab:
THERAPISTS WIN RESPITE ON THERAPY CAP
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MORE INFO ON PHYSICIANS GOES ONLINE
Medicare beneficiaries get more details on doctors. More information on more physicians is now accessible [...] - Physicians:
DOCS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RETROACTIVE OVERPAYMENTS
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MEDICARE BUMPS UP HHA RATES 3.3% IN 2004
Home health agencies will see a nice little increase in Medicare payment rates come October [...] - Hospitals:
CMS, PREMIER LAUNCH PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE DEMO
Starting next year, top performing hospitals can get a boost in their Medicare reimbursements under [...] - Hospice:
INCREASED MEDICARE RATES ON DECK FOR HOSPICE
Community networking, fundraising key to staying in the black If the payment increase offered by [...] - Hospitals:
TENET OUTLIERS FACE MORE SCRUTINY
Federal agencies gang up on hospital giant. Yet another federal agency is looking into beleaguered [...] - BILL WATCH/REGISTER WATCH/PROGRAM MEMO ROUNDUP
BILL WATCH
Bills introduced in the House: H.R. 2664. A bill to provide for Medicare reimbursement [...] - Fraud&Abuse:
10 KEY MEDICARE/MEDICAID ENFORCEMENT AREAS
OIG's acting chief tells what her agency is worried about. Despite years of stepped up [...]
