It’s an election year, which means everything is going to move very slowly through Congress, if it moves at all. That includes, unfortunately, the 3.4-percent
Over the last few weeks, a few articles of mine addressed interacting with government agents. One topic that I did not discuss was determining whether
Just before Congress adjourned for 2023, lawmakers sent another in a series of letters to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expressing “serious
Like most of the world, I procrastinate when paying my bills. I tend to put them off until the very last minute. And that pretty
My most recent article focused on issues surrounding imposter government agents. This week, let’s focus on the real thing. Let’s say a U.S. Department of
In the last few weeks, I’ve taken several sheepish calls from folks indicating that they received a call from a government agent and proceeded to
The odds are high that there is someone in your organization who is seething at the perception that their boss is allowing, or even encouraging,
We all know that there is no law, regulation, or statute that medical records supporting payment by Medicare or Medicaid must be perfect. There is
The Biden Administration has found itself in court in the state of Texas again – but not over the No Surprises Act (NSA) this time!
Well, I’ve got a couple of updates for you in the absolute roller coaster that is the No Surprises Act’s Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process!
Let me start with a statement of the obvious and a brief overview of federal law. As for the obvious, if the U.S. Department of
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has notably surpassed the targets established by a 2018 federal court ruling in its ongoing effort
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