Archive for April 2017
CMS Looks to Streamline Self-Disclosure Process
In an attempt to streamline the self-disclosure process, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently posted revisions to the Voluntary Self-Disclosure Protocol (SRDP), which allows providers of healthcare services and suppliers to self-disclose actual or potential violations of the federal physician self-referral law. Beginning June 1, providers of services and suppliers must use…
Read MoreLawmakers Seek to Expand Medicare Coverage of Telemedicine Again
Congress is taking another crack at expanding Medicare coverage for services delivered via telemedicine. U.S. Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Gary Peters (D-MI) recently introduced bipartisan legislation that would require the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to “test the effect of including telehealth services in Medicare health care delivery reform models.†CMMI’s role…
Read MoreCMS Easing DME MAC Requirements
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) is modifying requirements for DME Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) by allowing them to accept timely orders and medical documentation, regardless of whether the supplier received the documentation directly from the beneficiary’s eligible practitioner or from a transferring supplier, as long as they meet Medicare requirements. In a Change…
Read MoreWhen Ignorance is Not a Defense
A 79-year-old New Jersey physician who was charged in connection with a healthcare kickback scheme now faces sentencing in June after being convicted of accepting bribes in exchange for blood test referrals. As we previously wrote about, Dr. Bernard Greenspan, 79, was among more than 40 people, many of them physicians, who allegedly accepted payments…
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