February 2016

CMS has issued the final regulations to implement that section of the Affordable Care Act amending the Social Security Act to provide that retention of identified overpayment could be a false claim and be subject to both the False Claims Act (FCA) and the Civil Money Penalty Act (CMP).

ACA § 6402(a) established new Social…

HHS is gearing up to design and implement a revised Medicare payment system.  The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) has designated a merit based incentive payment system (MIPS) as a goal.  CMS is tasked to design a value based payment system based upon quality, resource use, clinical practice improvement, and meaningful…

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