The Senate Finance Committee has approved legislation aimed at changing how improper Medicare payments are handled by Recovery Audit Contractors, and also easing the backlog of claims received by the Office...
$90 billion spent on fee-for-service providers in 2013
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Jun 03, 2015
New data released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shows that 950,000 providers were paid $90 billion in Medicare fee-for-service payments in 2013, compared to 880,000 providers receiving...
Supreme Court declines review of nursing home arbitration case
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Jun 03, 2015
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a decision by the Oklahoma Supreme Court regarding whether or not an arbitration agreement signed by a deceased nursing home resident is binding on family...
CMS should look at contractor performance, government agency says
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Jun 02, 2015
Following years of provider disputes, the Government Accountability Office released a report Monday encouraging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to look at ways to improve the Medicare Administrative...