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Medicare Providers and Suppliers Deemed "High Risk" Must Submit to Fingerprint-Based Background Checks

The Health Law Firm

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is enforcing fingerprint-based background checks for Medicare suppliers and providers designated as "high risk." As a requirement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), CMS must improve the screening for those Medicare suppliers and providers.