Medicare Providers and Suppliers Must Begin Enrollment Revalidations
As of March 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented new screening criteria in the Medicare provider/supplier enrollment process. Newly enrolling and revalidating...
View ArticleRevised CMS-855 Forms Published, New CMS-855O to Order and Refer Items
The US Office of Management and Budget has approved the revised Medicare Provider-Supplier Enrollment Applications, the CMS-855 forms. These updates to the 2008 versions include multiple changes to...
View ArticleCMS Interpretive Guideline Changes on Use of Feeding Tubes
Yesterday, CMS sent a new transmittal to the state survey agencies on the use of feeding tubes in nursing homes. In short, F321 has been combined into F322 and according the CMS the changes were made...
View ArticleOIG Publishes 2012 Work Plan
On October 5, 2011, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) published its proposed Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2012. As in the past, the Work Plan continues to identify compliance risk areas that subject...
View ArticleHospice Owner Indicted for $14.3 Million in False Claims
On October 12, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment charging Matthew Kolodesh a/k/a Matvei Kolodech, with conspiracy to defraud Medicare of more than $14 million. According to...
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