CMS Rolls Out Part D/MA Final Rule
Federal officials this week announced the rollout of a Final Rule for Medicare Part D prescription drug plans and the rapidly expanding Medicare Advantage (MA)
Federal officials this week announced the rollout of a Final Rule for Medicare Part D prescription drug plans and the rapidly expanding Medicare Advantage (MA)
The looming federal shutdown was narrowly avoided this weekend after President Biden signed the $1.2 trillion spending package on Saturday. This package includes funding for
A couple of weeks ago, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held a three-hour webinar on the problems with private equity in healthcare. In this article,
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Let me start with another complaint about a Medicare contractor. A question recently came up on a user group about whether to provide the Important
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The recent data breach at Change Healthcare calls to mind the famous bank robber Willie Sutton, a.k.a. “Willie The Actor,” known for disguising himself a
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I have spoken in the past about the new proposed appeal process for Medicare patients whose status has changed from inpatient to outpatient. When new
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
How often have you heard, when getting Medicare data, “that does not include Medicare Advantage (MA) data in that report.” MA, now representing over 50
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