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Signing up for Medicare insurance when you turn 65 is a right of passage for many aging Americans. However, there is a limited window of opportunity to enroll in Medicare insurance without facing penalties such as a delay in coverage. That is why it is im...
Author: Alfred Winston
How and When to Sign Up for Medicare Insurance: Seniors Who Turn 65 Need to Know
26th January 2011Signing up for Medicare insurance when you turn 65 is a right of passage for many aging Americans. However, there is a limited window of opportunity to enroll in Medicare insurance without facing penalties such as a delay in coverage. That is why it is im...
Author: Alfred Winston
Legal
On August 19, 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") published final Stark rules in its 2009 Final Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems Rule ("Final Rule"). The Final Rule contains several significant modifications to the...
Author: Wachler & Associates
CMS Finalizes Major Stark Changes
09th July 2009On August 19, 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") published final Stark rules in its 2009 Final Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems Rule ("Final Rule"). The Final Rule contains several significant modifications to the...
Author: Wachler & Associates
Legal
The long-awaited third and final phase of the rulemaking that amends the Stark regulations (Stark) was released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on August 27, 2007. The phase III final rule (Phase III) will be effective December 4, ...
Author: Wachler & Associates
Stark II Phase III
08th July 2009The long-awaited third and final phase of the rulemaking that amends the Stark regulations (Stark) was released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on August 27, 2007. The phase III final rule (Phase III) will be effective December 4, ...
Author: Wachler & Associates
Legal
I. INTRODUCTION The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS" or "Medicare") Recovery Audit Contractor ("RAC") program has been made permanent and is expanding nationwide, beginning this year. Medicare providers, suppliers and their legal couns...
Author: Wachler & Associates
The RACs Are Coming -- Are You Ready?
07th July 2009I. INTRODUCTION The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS" or "Medicare") Recovery Audit Contractor ("RAC") program has been made permanent and is expanding nationwide, beginning this year. Medicare providers, suppliers and their legal couns...
Author: Wachler & Associates
Legal
In recent years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") has heavily scrutinized the terms and conditions under which Medicare will pay for diagnostic testing services, resulting in heightened regulatory action targeting certain diagnostic ...
Author: Wachler & Associates
The 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: The Anti-Markup Rule and IDTF Developments Impacting Diag
06th July 2009In recent years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") has heavily scrutinized the terms and conditions under which Medicare will pay for diagnostic testing services, resulting in heightened regulatory action targeting certain diagnostic ...
Author: Wachler & Associates
Legal
I. INTRODUCTION Attention radiology providers and suppliers: Get ready for increased Medicare auditing activity. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program has been made permanent and is expanding natio...
Author: Wachler & Associates
Recovery Audit Contractors and Medicare Audits: Successful Strategies for Defending Audits
06th July 2009I. INTRODUCTION Attention radiology providers and suppliers: Get ready for increased Medicare auditing activity. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program has been made permanent and is expanding natio...
Author: Wachler & Associates