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Affordable Care Act Overpayments in the CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule: Implications for False Claims

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Stakeholders are continuing to analyze the implications of the mammoth proposed rule on “Medicare and Medicaid Programs: [Calendar Year (CY)] 2025 Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Medicare Overpayments: CMS Proposes Regulation Establishing Six Month Suspended Deadline for 60-Day Refund Rule

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The 60-day Refund Rule, created by the 2010 Affordable Care Act, requires providers to report and return Medicare and Medicaid overpayments within 60 days of identifying them. See Section 1128J(d) of the Social Security Act,...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

CMS Proposed Rule for Refunding Overpayments Would Align With False Claims Act “Knowledge” Standard

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a rule late last year to harmonize the standard it would apply for providers to identify and refund overpayments with the “knowledge” standard under the False Claims...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Will CMS’s Proposed Rule on “Identified Overpayments” Increase Reverse FCA Cases?

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On December 27, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule which, in part, seeks to amend the existing regulations for Medicare Parts A, B, C, and D regarding the standard for when an...more

Roetzel & Andress

Federal Court Overturns CMS Overpayment Rule

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A recent ruling by a federal district court could have a significant impact on how certain health insurers, specifically those providing coverage pursuant to Medicare Parts C (i.e., Medicare Advantage insurers) and D (i.e.,...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Court Nixes CMS’s Negligence Standard for Applying False Claims Act Liability for Failure to Report and Return Overpayments

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In what has become widely known as the “60-day rule,” the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that Medicare and Medicaid overpayments be reported and returned within the later of the date which is 60 days after the date on...more

Dickinson Wright

Preventing Overpayments from becoming False Claims

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Overpayments to healthcare providers receiving Medicare reimbursements are at risk of civil and criminal enforcement action if not attuned to a particular reimbursement rule and diligent in compliance with the rule’s...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Health Law Pulse - September 2016

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DOJ, NY AG REACH SETTLEMENT WITH HOSPITALS IN LANDMARK 60 - DAY RULE CASE - On August 24, 2016, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and the New York State attorney general announced a $2.95 million...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Overpayment Rule and the Implied False Claims Theory: “What You Don’t Know Can Still Hurt You”

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In 2010, the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) enacted new rules governing overpayments made by the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Under these rules, providers have 60 days from the date that the overpayment has been identified to...more

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CMS Finalizes Rule on Reporting and Returning Medicare Overpayments

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The Affordable Care Act (sometimes referred to as Obamacare) included a requirement for providers to report and return all Medicare and Medicaid overpayments within 60 days of identification. Although this requirement has...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Next Steps: Helping Your Organization Implement the New Medicare Overpayment Rule - Part I

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On February 12, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a final rule that explains the requirements for providers and suppliers reporting and returning overpayments under Medicare Parts A & B (the...more

Williams Mullen

CMS Clarifies 60-Day Reporting Requirements For Medicare Parts A & B

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has clarified the reporting requirements and lookback period for overpayments from Medicare Parts A and B in Final Rule 6037 (“Final Rule”), issued by CMS on February 12,...more

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Final Rule Clarifies Requirements for Reporting and Returning Medicare Overpayments

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Medicare Part A and B providers and suppliers should take note of new regulations recently issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that implement the Affordable Care Act’s 60-day rule on reporting and returning...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

CMS Finalizes Long-awaited Rule Implementing ACA’s Overpayment Reporting Requirements

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CMS provides some clarity in Affordable Care Act final rule, but questions remain, complicating compliance efforts. On February 12, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule (Final...more

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The Who, What, and When for the CMS Final 60-Day Rule

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Four years after the issuance of the Proposed Rule and six years after the authorizing statute, CMS has published the much-awaited Final Rule regarding reporting and returning of Medicare Part A and B overpayments (the “Final...more

King & Spalding

CMS Issues Long-Awaited 60-Day Medicare Parts A and B Overpayment Final Rule

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On February 11, 2016, CMS released its much anticipated final overpayment reporting and refunding rule for Medicare Parts A and B (Final Rule). The Final Rule implements Section 6402(a) of the Affordable Care Act (ACA),...more

Lathrop GPM

After Nearly Six Years of Uncertainty, CMS Establishes Final Standards for Reporting and Returning Medicare Overpayments

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Background On February 12, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published the long-awaited Final Rule establishing CMS’s official policy for the timely Reporting and Returning of Medicare overpayments...more

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CMS Finalizes Rule on Reporting and Returning Overpayments under Medicare Parts A and B

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On February 11, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released for publication its final rule for the Reporting and Returning of Overpayments under Medicare Part A and Part B (the “Final Rule”). The...more

Morgan Lewis

CMS Finalizes 60 Day Overpayment Rule

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The final rule relaxes the requirements on “identification” and look-back period. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its long-awaited final rule related to the reporting and refunding of...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

OMB Finalizes Review of 60-Day Overpayment Rule

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The Office of Management and Budget completed its review of the long-awaited final rule establishing a process for Medicare Part A and B providers and suppliers to report and return overpayments within 60 days (the “60-day...more

King & Spalding

OMB Receives Final Medicare Parts A and B 60-Day Overpayment Rule from CMS

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On October 21, 2015, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) received the Medicare Parts A and B overpayment final rule from CMS which is the last phase before the rule is issued in the Federal Register. While the text of...more

Williams Mullen

The Definition of Identify: The 60-Day Rule

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) established that any person who receives an overpayment from the Medicare or Medicaid programs and who does not report and return the overpayment within 60 days after...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Federal Court Rejects Health System's Efforts to Dismiss 60-Day Rule Suit

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On August 3, 2015, the United States District Court in the Southern District of New York issued a long-awaited opinion and order rejecting a motion to dismiss filed by the defendants in U.S. ex rel. Kane v. Continuum Health...more

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Kane and the “60-Day Rule”: The Unforgiving World of Medicare and Medicaid Overpayments

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The Southern District of New York has spoken on one of the first issues to confront those seeking compliance with the new “60-day rule” under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and it does not bode well for defendant hospitals...more

Morgan Lewis

Sixty Days of Gray: Medicare and Medicaid Refund Requirements - Hospital Industry Viewpoint

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Although CMS has not yet issued a final rule on the ACA’s 60-day repayment provisions, hospitals and other providers can still create policies and train staff in a manner that gives them some measure of protection. Even with...more

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