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Build Compliance Standards Into Your Plan for QMB Issues, CMS Says
Published on Fri Sep 08, 2017
New guidance from CMS reminds providers that just because you send bills to a Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries, doesn’t mean they have to pay them. In fact, they “have no legal obligation to pay Medicare Part A or B deductibles, coinsurance, or copays for any Medicare-covered items and services,” an updated MLN Matters release says. Reminder: The QMB program, which falls [...]