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The Supreme Court Denies Petition Challenging CMS’s Overpayment Rule

Health Care Law Brief

With this denial, the Overpayment Rule remains in full force and effect, and UnitedHealthcare, among other MA plans, must comply or potentially face False Claims Act (FCA) liability. Congress also required CMS to use the “same methodology” to calculate the costliness of insuring a beneficiary in the MA program and in FFS Medicare.

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Medicare Advantage 2024 Rate Announcement – Further Impacts to Risk Adjustment

Health Care Law Brief

On Friday, March 31, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies ( Rate Announcement ). 1395w-23): Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) are paid a base rate by CMS. Risk Adjustment.

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Pennsylvania Man Excluded from All Federal Healthcare Programs for 22 Years 

Healthcare Compliance Blog

Between 2017 and 2019, the man, through a group of pain clinics he controlled, caused the submission of false claims for payment to Medicare. HHS-OIG will continue to work with the US Attorney’s Office to ensure the integrity of the Medicare Trust Fund.”. He is awaiting sentencing on those charges.

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Navigating the Intersection of Payment Integrity and Provider Relations in Healthcare

Innovaare Compliance

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported that in the fiscal year 2020, they recovered $3.1 Retrieved from [link] Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 2020 AMA Prior Authorization (PA) Physician Survey. Retrieved from [link] Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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Compliance Risks Associated with Outlier Payments 

YouCompli

Most federal healthcare payors such as Medicare and Medicaid reimburse most providers on a prospective basis. This is why Medicare publishes its rules on their Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) or its Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS). This means reimbursement is not typically based on charges.

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California pharmacies will no longer be required to pay back the state under its new reimbursement methodology

Natalia Mazina

Only in 2020, it started sending notices of recoupment to pharmacies specifying the amounts owed. This lead to overpayments to pharmacies. For technical and financial reasons, the DHCS has not implemented the new reimbursement methodology until 2019.

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Retrieving Billions in Overpayments by CMS

Healthcare IT Today

Amid swirling accusations that Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) are overbilling the U.S. government and calls for better oversight , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in early February that it would investigate overbilling by those plans. How can such overpayments be uncovered?