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What If Costco Designed the Prescription Drugs Sales Model?

Health Populi

In 2006 the Medicare Part D program was implemented, covering older Americans for prescription drugs for the first time. Medicare further drove expansion of generic drug utilization, with co-pays for generics lower for Medicare enrollees than branded drugs. is that 9 in 10 medicines prescribed are generics. healthcare spending.

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Monitor Improper Payments for Part C and Part D with Medicare Audit and Monitoring Software

Innovaare Compliance

The monthly premium for Medicare Part B rose 14.5%, from $148.50 in 2021 to $170.00 By law, the Medicare Part B monthly premium must equal 25% of the estimated total Part B costs for enrollees age 65 and over. [1] annually on average between 2021 and 2029 compared to 4.4% in Social Security benefits.

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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. 2021, January 15). 2021, April). Retrieved from [link] Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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Preventing Genetic Testing Fraud: 5 Actions for Health Plans

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Erin Rutzler, Vice President of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse at Cotiviti In Delaware, more than 250 Medicare patients underwent unnecessary genetic testing based on telehealth consultations that often lasted less than two minutes— costing Medicare thousands of dollars per patient. In 2021, a U.S.

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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?

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OIG Revises Self-Disclosure Protocol

Florida Health Care Law Firm

On November 8, 2021, The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a revised and renamed Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol (SDP), now known as the “Health Care Fraud Self Disclosure “protocol. Each case will be determined individually.

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Hot off the Press! The OIG Revises its Self-Disclosure Protocol for the First Time in Several Years

Health Law RX

For the first time since 2013, on November 8, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) updated its Health Care Fraud Self-Disclosure Protocol (“SDP”). The likelihood that a self-discloser would be required to pay a damages multiplier greater than 1.5

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