New CMS TCET Rule Likely Won’t Hasten Medicare Coverage of Breakthrough Devices
Recently proposed rule seems too stringent to reduce the lag between FDA approval and Medicare coverage.
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Proposed Rule Puts Labs at Greater Risk of FCA Liability
CMS recently proposed a rule that would make the False Claims Act rule the standard for overpayments under the Affordable Care Act regulations.
CMS Proposes Modest Increase to Hospital IPPS Rates
Unsurprisingly, the American Hospital Association and other industry groups don’t think that increase is anywhere near adequate.
Program Integrity Saves Medicare $42 Billion
From - National Intelligence Report
In a new report to Congress, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports the Program Integrity activities have saved Medicare and…
CMS Issues Final PAMA Rule, Delaying Implementation of New Rates to 2018
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Final PAMA Rule Released, Implementation Delayed to 2018
From - National Intelligence Report
After much lobbying, debate and delay, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule implementing the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) changes to the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) was released…
CMS Reports Medicare Fraud Prevention System Saves $1.5 Billion
From - National Intelligence Report
While Big Data can mean new opportunities for increasing efficiencies and revenues for the laboratory industry, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) claims Big Data has yielded big savings for…
Industry Challenged to Create More Patient-Friendly Medical Billing System
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CMS Unveils Proposed Rule Implementing MACRA and Replacing Meaningful Use
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CMS Grants International CLIA Certificate to ImmunID for Laboratory in France
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CLIA Certificate Granted for Laboratory in France
From - National Intelligence Report
As recently reported in Laboratory Industry Report (see "Inside the Laboratory Industry," Laboratory Industry Report, p. 4, 3/17/16), the diagnostics industry is going…
CMS Issues Proposed Rule Implementing MACRA
From - National Intelligence Report
In January, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt indicated the "Meaningful Use program as it has existed, will now…
Government Scrutiny of Theranos Increases
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