The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has issued a revised version of its Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol (“Updated SDP”), dated April 17, …
H.R. 1717 remains the HME industry’s No. 1 priority, but with time running out, stakeholders are again pressing for a delay in the July 1 start date of Round 2 …
Members of the Tennessee United States Congressional delegation today called on the administration “to provide details on its policy of awarding Medicare contracts to businesses not licensed in Tennessee, a …
One out of every six Vermonters, about 100,000 people in a state of 630,000, must switch the way they enroll and buy for health insurance this fall with the opening …
WASHINGTON – Industry stakeholders now have bills in both the House of Representatives and the Senate to create a separate benefit for complex rehab technology (CRT). Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., …
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) put on display at the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled “Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Allotment Payment Reductions” (CMS-2367-P.) The Affordable Care …
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Marilyn Tavenner, a former nurse and hospital company executive, as the first full-fledged administrator for the Medicare and Medicaid healthcare programs since 2006. In …
As providers prepare to head to Washington, D.C. for next week’s American Association for Homecare annual Washington Legislative Conference (May 22-23), H.R. 1717, the bill that would replace competitive bidding …
