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CMS Proposes to Amend Overpayment Rule, Remove Potential Overpayment and False Claims Act Liability for Mere Negligence

Healthcare Law Blog

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has issued a proposed rule which would amend the existing regulations for reporting and returning identified overpayments (the “Proposed Rule”). UnitedHealthcare challenged the current Overpayment Rule in litigation. [1] UnitedHealthcare Litigation. The Proposed Rule.

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Centene to pay more than $71M to settle Medicaid overpayment cases in Illinois, Arkansas

Fierce Healthcare

Centene to pay more than $71M to settle Medicaid overpayment cases in Illinois, Arkansas. Thu, 09/30/2021 - 16:43.

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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. The Overpayment Rule. The Overpayment Rule, set forth at 42 U.S.C. 29844, 29921 (May 23, 2014). See UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co. 3d 173 (Sep.

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What If Costco Designed the Prescription Drugs Sales Model?

Health Populi

” Two of the researchers behind the paper previously wrote a letter in JAMA published in October 2021 (with several additional colleagues) comparing spending on generic drugs by Medicare Part D compared to Costco members, The USC Schaeffer white paper speaks to those findings. is that 9 in 10 medicines prescribed are generics.

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Report: Inaccurate Drug Discount Requests Reach Nearly $1B

HIT Consultant

Across the healthcare industry, outdated technology, inadequate infrastructure and intractable data silos make it difficult to prevent these misapplied discounts, resulting in drug manufacturer overpayment. “We urge all stakeholders in drug discount programs to work together on building cooperation and trust.

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New York State OMIG Makes Regulatory Modifications to Compliance Program Requirements

Health Law Advisor

These regulations were proposed to implement portions of the New York State 2020-2021 Budget Bill amending the mandatory compliance program requirements. The regulations were finalized in December 2022, with an effective date of March 28, 2023, and an enforcement moratorium that has just ended.

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Medicare Advantage 2024 Rate Announcement – Further Impacts to Risk Adjustment

Health Care Law Brief

13, 2021, reissued Nov. 1, 2021), cert. In the Advance Notice, CMS predicted that the changes to the risk scores and HCC updates will help prevent overpayments by improving the accuracy of payments made to MAOs. We note that the MA Risk Score is also subject to the Phase In. See UnitedHealthcare Ins. Becerra , 16 F.4th