Recognizing the ongoing impact of the cyberattack experienced by Change Healthcare/Optum on February 21, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced over the weekend that it will allow Part A providers...more
On January 29, 2023, a Florida Magistrate Judge recommended denying the State of Florida’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction and granting CMS’s Motion to Dismiss in connection with the implementation and enforcement of its...more
Medical practices are now beginning to encounter Medicare payment claw backs by CMS for COVID Accelerated and Advanced Payments (CAAP) and Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecution for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) abuses. ...more
On April 1, 2021, CMS announced that it began recovering COVID-19 Accelerated and Advance Payments (CAAPs) from Medicare providers and suppliers as early as March 30, 2021. Repayments begin one year from the date CMS...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued an updated fact sheet and a FAQ page detailing the repayment terms for Medicare Part A providers and Part B suppliers who received payments under its...more
Our Health Care Group details how changes by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to the AAP loan program delays repayment obligations for all health care providers and suppliers that received AAP loans during the...more
On July 6, 2020, the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations released its draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 funding bill for the Departments of Labor, Education, and HHS (the Bill), which includes several interesting...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on Sunday that it immediately is suspending its Advance Payment Program to Part B suppliers and reevaluating all pending and new applications under the Part A...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it has stopped accepting new applications for Advance Payments and is reevaluating pending and new applications for Accelerated Payments. In an April 26...more
This article was originally published April 2, 2020. It has been updated to reflect new guidance made available recently in federal responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and summarizes important interactions that healthcare...more
The federal government has implemented a number of relief programs in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency. Many borrowers in the healthcare industry may be seeking funds under the recently-expanded Medicare...more
Not to be confused with the $100 billion in Provider Relief Funds established as grants to healthcare providers through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), Congress also broadened the access to...more
In accordance with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has expanded its current Accelerated and Advanced Payment Program for Medicare Part A...more