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Proposed Amendments to False Claims Act Would Tilt the Playing Field
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This post is a courtesy of Fox Rothschild attorney William H. Maruca, Esq., and was first published as an Alert on Fox’s website.
A bipartisan bill introduced this summer…
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CMS Announces New Initiatives for Innovating Patient Care
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Last month, CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced several initiatives to innovate the delivery of patient care at the ground level. In collaboration with the Trump Administration and other federal agencies,…
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Healthcare Apps: Physicians Should Proceed with Caution
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Advancements in healthcare technology continue at an explosive pace and nowhere is this more evident than in the field of mobile healthcare applications. Technology giants such as Apple and Garmin…
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Are You Ready for the New Medicare Quality Payment Program? (Part 2): Basics of the MIPS and How to Qualify in 2017
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The Medicare incentive programs with which you and your medical practice are familiar will soon be no more. As of January 1, 2017, these programs (including the Electronic Health Records…
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Are You Ready for the New Medicare Quality Payment Program? (New Blog Series)
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You may have heard that a transformation of Medicare’s physician payment program is in the works. However, you may not know that the structure of the new program, called the…
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CMS Finally Makes Reasonable Changes to 60-Day Overpayment Rule
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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires Medicare providers to return overpayments within 60 days of the date they are identified in order to avoid liability under the False Claims Act. …
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New Medicare Dashboard Highlights Drug Spending
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Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a new tool designed to give providers and consumers insight into Medicare drug spending. The Medicare Drug Spending Dashboard, …
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CMS Publishes Draft Plan for Quality Measurement in Support of Payment Reform
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has stated its intention to move at least 50% of Medicare payments from fee for service to alternative payment systems based on …
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Published New FAQs on EHR Incentive Programs and Final Rule on Stage 3 Participation
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This past month, CMS published several new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on its website addressing questions about the EHR incentive programs, and in particular how to attest to certain measures…
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