Study: Medicare Appeals Process Reforms Not Enough to Eliminate Backlog
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) current and proposed reforms may not be enough to eliminate the appeals ...
Read More Is Your Telemedicine Company HIPAA Compliant?
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
UPDATE: According to a news release, the lawsuit filed against MDLive, Inc. was voluntarily dropped by the law firm that ...
Read More CMS Launches New Online MIPS Tool
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) wants to help healthcare providers to determine whether they must take part ...
Read More Feds File False Claims Act Lawsuit Against UnitedHealth Group
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Is it the government’s “murky policies,†as suggested by a UnitedHealth spokesman, or was it outright fraud that led to ...
Read More Why You Need a HIPAA-Compliant Business Associate Agreement
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The recent announcement by The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that it agreed to ...
Read More CMS Looks to Streamline Self-Disclosure Process
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
In an attempt to streamline the self-disclosure process, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently posted revisions to ...
Read More Lawmakers Seek to Expand Medicare Coverage of Telemedicine Again
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Congress is taking another crack at expanding Medicare coverage for services delivered via telemedicine. U.S. Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO) and ...
Read More CMS Easing DME MAC Requirements
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) is modifying requirements for DME Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) by allowing them to ...
Read More When Ignorance is Not a Defense
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A 79-year-old New Jersey physician who was charged in connection with a healthcare kickback scheme now faces sentencing in June ...
Read More OIG Opinion Applies Access to Care Exception
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Can a hospital system provide free or reduced-cost lodging and meals to certain financially needy patients, or would such an ...
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