Modern Healthcare

MARCH 31, 2023

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimates health insurance companies will see a 3.32% increase in Medicare Advantage revenue next year.

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Compliance Now

AUGUST 10, 2023

As background, according to federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) rules, individuals have 60 days from losing CHIP and Medicaid eligibility to elect coverage under their group plan. The real potential of this number growing daily is what has prompted the Agencies to issue this “request.”

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Compliancy Group

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Fraud in healthcare has run rampant in recent years, as evident by two incidents in which healthcare organizations billed insurance companies for things patients never received. In the other fraud scheme, Medicare patients were billed an estimated $2 billion for urinary catheters they never received. Attorney Philip R.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Jessica Altman, Pennsylvania’s insurance commissioner sums it up well : “When we talk about bringing something back to state control, that is a real narrative that can appeal to both sides of the aisle. There is nothing political about making health insurance more affordable.”.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 8, 2023

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services has announced there have been three separate breaches of the protected health information of Iowa Medicaid recipients in the past two months – two hacking incidents and an impermissible disclosure, all three of which involved third-party contractors.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Director of Healthcare Strategy, LexisNexis Risk Solutions During the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, over 10 million Americans enrolled in Medicaid – nearly a 14% increase from the beginning of 2020. A month before the public health emergency ended on May 11, 2023, 87 million individuals were enrolled in Medicaid.

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Kaiser Permanente

JANUARY 1, 2022

Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) have served as critical supports to children, pregnant women, parents, seniors, and individuals with disabilities – covering 80 million individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since February 2020, Medicaid enrollment has grown sharply to cover an additional 9.9

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 29, 2024

Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker, LLC (BerryDunn) provides health data analytics services to healthcare providers, health insurers, and government regulatory and healthcare policy agencies and its clients provide BerryDunn with personal and health data to allow the firm to perform its contracted services.

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Health Populi

JUNE 26, 2023

People love being health-insured, but their negative experiences with health plans create serious burdens on patients-as-consumers. The 2023 Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Consumer Experiences with Health Insurance updates our understanding of and empathy for insured peoples’ Patient Administrative Burdens (PAB).

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Health Care Law Brief

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

While still subject to legislative approval, the Executive Budget incorporates the recently approved amendment (“Waiver Amendment”) to New York’s Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration that includes $7.5 billion in Medicaid investments over the next three years. Services will be delivered via a two-tiered system.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is spotlighting how the Marketplaces can serve LGBTQI+ individuals, a community that has historically faced discriminatory barriers to health insurance and health care.

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Health Law RX

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has revised certain payment policies under the Medicare physician fee schedule, and updated provider and supplier enrollment regulations. CMS recently published a final rule (the Final Rule ) effective January 1, 2024.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 27, 2024

Billing medical insurance for Spravato involves codes for both drug delivery and supervision because treatment requires administration of the drug (using the intranasal spray) and a monitoring period of at least 2 hours at a certified treatment center. Spravato is covered by Medicare Part B , which pays 80% of expenses.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 10, 2023

Four more entities have confirmed they were affected by the mass hacks of the MOVEit Transfer file transfer solution and had protected health information stolen. It is currently unclear exactly how many Medicaid recipients were affected. The DSS said all Missouri Medicaid recipients are being notified about the breach as a precaution.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On February 16, 2024, a Parkland, Florida, man agreed to plead guilty to organizing a Medicare fraud scheme worth $110 million. By: George F. Indest III, J.D., The federal prosecution is taking place in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 20, 2023

To add uniformity to this practice, CMS codified this flexibility in the 2016 Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) managed care final rule by authorizing coverage for “In Lieu of Service or Settings” (ILOS). [i] ILOSs must advance the objectives of the Medicaid program.

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Compliancy Group

MARCH 8, 2023

are missing out on most of these opportunities because their names are on the HHS OIG (Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General) Medicare Exclusion List. How do people end up on the Medicaid Exclusion List, what are the consequences of being on the list, and can you ever get off the list?

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The Medicaid and CHIP Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act seeks to expand care options that can help improve health outcomes and quality of life for those facing barriers to healthcare. The act would also define "prescription digital therapeutic" in Medicaid and allow U.S. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On February 16, 2024, a Parkland, Florida, man agreed to plead guilty to organizing a Medicare fraud scheme worth $110 million. By: George F. Indest III, J.D., The federal prosecution is taking place in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

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MedTrainer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This means your organization must comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). If you want to obtain or retain CMS certification in order to be reimbursed by services provided to patients with a Medicare/Medicaid health plan, you must comply with HIPAA rules and regulations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Data released this past week from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services show that more than 34.5 million services were delivered via telehealth in Medicare and in the Children's Health Insurance Program from March through June. As of June 2020, said CMS, more than 91.8 ON THE RECORD.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

MARCH 7, 2022

Health insurers reported healthy earnings during the fourth quarter of 2021, thanks in large part to publicly funded programs Medicare and Medicaid. CHIR's Megan Houston reviewed earnings reports for nine major insurers and reports on the key market trends in the health insurance industry.

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Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2021

with employer-sponsored health insurance worry that a major health event in their household could lead to bankruptcy, according to research gathered by West Health and Gallup in Business Speaks: The Future of Employer-Sponsored Insurance. Health Populi’s Hot Points: U.S. One-half of U.S.

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Medisys Compliance

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Key regulations include the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute, and regulations set forth by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and private payers. Radiology practices must stay updated on these regulations to ensure compliance.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 6, 2023

.: not accepting new patients, retired, moved away, or no longer accepting the particular type of insurance). To assess the prevalence of ghost networks, Senate Finance Committee staffers conducted a secret shopper study of 120 mental health provider listings across 12 Medicare Advantage plans.

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Kaiser Health News

APRIL 16, 2024

Such private sector platforms, which must be approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, streamline enrollment by integrating with the federal ACA marketplace, called healthcare.gov. Some consumers were switched multiple times or had duplicative policies.

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MRO Compliance

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Morrell brings with her more than 25 years of government affairs experience covering both state and federal rulemaking tied to Medicare, Medicaid, commercial insurance and health IT. Morrell spent over a decade at Health Net, Inc. . – November 13 , 2023 – MRO Corp.,

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 8, 2022

The steep incline in unemployment and fears that millions of people would lose their health coverage drove the declaration of the national public health emergency (PHE) on January 31, 2020. Under the PHE, states must keep Medicaid enrollees continuously covered, irrespective of their circumstances. .

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Healthcare Law Blog

MAY 5, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector (“OIG”) released a report that studied prior authorization denials and payment denials by Medicare Advantage Organizations (“MAOs”) (the “Report”). Thirteen percent of denied prior authorization requests met Medicare coverage rules. The OIG Report.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 14, 2023

The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing , which oversees the state’s Medicaid program and the Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) program, was also affected. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration has recently confirmed that the state Medicaid enrollment broker, Maximus Health Services Inc.,

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Compliancy Group

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Within the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is responsible for overseeing and administering various healthcare programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). This is just the beginning.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 2, 2023

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue its work supporting Healthcare.gov. FFE is the backbone of Healthcare.gov, the federal government’s online marketplace connecting people and small businesses with available public and private health insurance options.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 2, 2022

– Brave Health , a virtual-first behavioral health provider focused on serving Medicaid and Medicare populations, today announced an innovative referral partnership with MedArrive. Today, access to basic behavioral health services for the nation’s most vulnerable populations is a public health crisis.

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Modern Healthcare

JANUARY 11, 2022

Companies like Walmart "absolutely" have a role to play in lowering drug costs for Medicare, Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program and the Affordable Care Act exchange customers, the CMS Administrator said.

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Provider Trust

JANUARY 25, 2024

Ensuring the Financial Integrity of HHS Programs In fiscal year (FY) 2022, improper payments within healthcare programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) were estimated at a staggering $131.6 With Medicaid, the challenges are equally formidable.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

DECEMBER 19, 2022

On December 9, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced the membership of the Advisory Committee on Ground Ambulance and Patient Billing, as required by the No Surprises Act (NSA).

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

MARCH 31, 2022

In the proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services asked for feedback on how to promote health equity through ACA marketplace operations and plan certification standards.

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