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USA - October 17 2011
On October 6, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General published in the Federal Register a proposed revision to the performance standards governing the state Medicaid Fraud Control Units.
USA - August 15 2011
On August 11, 2011, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA) finalized the composition of the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction by naming Democratic Representatives Xavier Becerra (CA), Chris Van Hollen (MD), and Jim Clyburn (SC) to the so-called Congressional “super committee” eight days after the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA) was signed into law by President Barack Obama establishing the committee.
USA - July 18 2011
On June 20, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a newly-revised version of the Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) form [CMS-R-131] for use by Medicare fee-for-service providers and suppliers.
USA - June 27 2011
Last week, the Medicare Board of Trustees (the Board) released its annual report on the fiscal condition of the Medicare trust funds: the Hospital Insurance (“HI”) fund, which supports Medicare Part A, and the Supplementary Medical Insurance (“SMI”) fund, which supports Medicare Parts B and D.
USA - May 9 2011
On April 28, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published an information collection request in the Federal Register soliciting comments on a proposed plan to assess the availability of primary care physicians (PCPs) across nine states to accept new patients.
