Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Recent News About Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Health care fraud efforts ramped up under Obama
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A federal program that was implemented in 1997 and designed to target health care fraud took off under President Obama. -
Company that submitted Medicare claims for the deceased claims it was targeted by CMS
WALTHAM, Mass. (Legal Newsline) – An appeal by health diagnostics company Alere to get Medicare billing privileges reinstated for a subsidiary diabetes unit, Arriva Medical, claims that the unit was targeted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to clear an administrative backlog, according to an Alere press release. -
CMS file could help whistleblowers target skilled nursing facilities
BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) – Potential whistleblowers now have a Public Use File full of data on Medicare claims and payments involving skilled nursing facilities to consider for future cases, attorneys in that field say. -
CMS publishes final rule addressing return of overpayments
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a new rule stating that companies have within 60 days to return overpayments from federal governments after it identifies the overpayment.