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July 23, 2024 On July 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that announces and solicits public comments on proposed policy changes for Medicare payments under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), and other Medicare Part B... January 31, 2023 On Monday, January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration announced that it will end COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11, 2023. This comes on the heels of the most recent PHE extension, effective January 11, 2023, which was extended until April 11,... The CMS Center for Program Integrity (CPI) posted an FAQ this week on their Spotlight page titled “Medicare Fee-for-Service Claims Review When the Public Health Emergency Ends”. From the post...
Q. At the end of the Public Health Emergency... April 13, 2022 On Tuesday, April 12, 2022, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra announced an extension of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). This extension will last another 90 days from April 16, 2022. Any PHE declaration can only last for 90 days at a time... February 4, 2022 On February 1, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on their website that they had obtained more than $5.6 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in the fiscal year ending... September 3, 2021 In this week’s MLN Matters Newsletter, CMS announced that, beginning October 2021, some provider enrollment activities that were paused during the COVID-19 public health emergency will resume, including:
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