FDA authorizes Pfizer, Moderna vaccines for all adults … LTC coalition sends call to action to State Department on workforce crisis … OIG to investigate relief funding for nursing homes … Green House...
Also in the News for Monday, Sept. 11
Sep 11, 2017
CMS should offer agencies more help in levying Medicaid payment suspensions, OIG says … Staff, residents shocked as SNF abruptly closes 3 weeks earlier than told … Some frail seniors may actually...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022
By
Joe Bush
Nov 23, 2022
Nursing home staffing emergencies cost Massachusetts taxpayers $82 million … Senate Finance Committee Chairmen comment on HHS OIG report on nursing home psychotropics … AARP releases latest Public...
Statute of limitations for Medicare overpayment recovery extended two years
By
McKnight's Staff
Jan 08, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) now has five years instead of three to recover non-fraudulent Medicare overpayments. A provision of the recently signed fiscal cliff legislation extended...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Aug. 4
Aug 04, 2020
Drugmaker starts coronavirus study in nursing homes … Application deadline for COVID-19 financial relief extended for Medicaid providers … OIG toolkit address healthcare facility emergency preparedness,...
State disputes OIG findings, won’t seek $9 million via competitive bidding
By
John Hall
Feb 11, 2015
The New York Department of Health will not competitively bid durable medical equipment despite a new OIG report that says the state could have saved its Medicaid program nearly $9 million over a two-year...
Also in the News for Friday, Sept. 30
By
Joe Bush
Sep 30, 2022
OIG recommended to HHS improvements to the PRF system … CDC says second booster shot 90% effective at preventing coronavirus-related deaths in nursing homes … South Dakota town saves its LTC facility,...
Also in the News for Monday, June 18
Jun 18, 2018
OIG will review inappropriate Medicare Advantage denials, other CMS activity in expanded plan … Nurse who stole opioid patches from residents’ bodies faces 15 years in prison … Using...
Sharpen Medicaid Integrity auditing, OIG advises
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 23, 2012
Medicaid Integrity Contractors failed to find overpayments in the majority of their audits for the first half of 2010, leading the Office of Inspector General to recommend that the Centers for Medicare...
Also in the News for Friday, Mar. 8, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 08, 2024
Coalition launches campaign to fight DOL’s independent contractor rule … Healthcare workers with long COVID face challenges with care … HRSA made $160M in potential Provider Relief overpayments:...