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CMS Audits on the Horizon: Prepare for Increased CMS Audits Under the Sunshine Act

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Historically, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has not aggressively pursued enforcement activity under the Sunshine Act. However, this may change in 2024. Late last year, CMS updated its Open Payments...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Excessive Fee Litigation Spreads to Health Plans

Excessive fee litigation is no longer confined to defined contribution plans. In recent months, plan sponsors of self-funded health plans have filed three cases against Aetna, Elevance, Inc. (formerly known as Anthem, Inc.),...more

King & Spalding

D.C. District Court Upholds HHS’s Audits of Hospitals’ Worksheet S-10 and Resulting Adjustments When Determining Medicare DSH...

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On August 30, 2021, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of HHS and dismissed claims related to improper audits that resulted in adjustments to plaintiff hospitals’ Worksheet S-10 that...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] COVID-19: The Road Ahead for Commercial Health Insurance - April 23rd, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

Examine the Evolving Challenges That Lie Ahead for Healthcare Stakeholders and State Regulators—and What You Can Do Now to Prepare and Protect Your Organization—at a New Manatt Webinar. Effective health insurance...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Rise of Managed Care Audits and Reimbursement Demands in the Wake of the ACA

If the summer of 2017 demonstrated anything, it is that health care remains a complex and contentious industry. One of its many complications stems from the natural tension between health care providers and health care...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

SuperVision - Labor & Employment Law Insights - September 2017

...This issue of SuperVision is dedicated to questions our friends and clients may have regarding insurance and benefit topics. While not a common part of the Labor & Employment field, Spilman prides itself on having...more

Nilan Johnson Lewis PA

501(r) Audits Are Here: What You Need to Know

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The Affordable Care Act imposed new requirements on tax-exempt hospitals under Section 501(r) of the Internal Revenue Code. Section 501(r) and its implementing regulations present a complex framework intended to promote...more

McDermott Will & Emery

IRS Implementation of ACA’s Employer Shared Responsibility Provision Falls Short Based on the Results of a Recent Audit

Based on a recent audit conducted by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), the IRS’ processes and procedures to ensure compliance with the employer information reporting requirements mandated by the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

IRS Implementation of ACA’s Employer Shared Responsibility Provision Falls Short Based on the Results of a Recent Audit

Based on a recent audit conducted by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), the IRS’ processes and procedures to ensure compliance with the employer information reporting requirements mandated by the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

DOL Health & Welfare Plan Audit Response and Protection: Reducing Risk Exposure to Avoid Costly Penalties

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In a recent presentation, McDermott attorneys discussed how to prepare responses for a Department of Labor (DOL) investigative audit of a company’s health and welfare plan, including required documentation and procedures, DOL...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

OIG Expands Exclusionary Authority

The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a final rule on January 12, 2017, expanding the OIG’s authority to exclude providers from participation in federal healthcare programs....more

Foster Garvey PC

What Employment Law Changes Should We Expect From the Trump Administration? Ask the Magic 8 Ball

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If you had asked me one month ago to predict the winner of the presidential election, I would have been wrong. Therefore, rather than make my own [ill-fated] predictions of the changes that await employers when PEOTUS takes...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

As Affordable Care Act Enforcement Looms, Some Lessons Learned From Massachusetts

As the ACA audit era approaches, many employers are wondering: what will happen? What sorts of documentation will the IRS request? What industries will be targeted? And what can employers do to prepare? In this post, I...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Have You Reviewed your Employee Handbook for Affordable Care Act Compliance?

Even though the first year of the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate is in effect and fully phased-in, it has been our experience that few employers have bothered to review their employee handbooks to reflect the ACA. ...more

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

The Force Awakens on 2016

The ball dropped on 2016, but don’t drop the ball on your benefit plan compliance. As part of our annual tradition, we’re pleased to present this year’s Top Ten New Year’s Countdown for the reading pleasure of our fellow...more

Williams Mullen

Bipartisan Budget Agreement Triggers New Audit Rules for Partnerships; Repeals ACA Automatic Enrollment

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On November 2, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Bipartisan Budget Agreement of 2015, H.R. 1314, which, in addition to lifting mandatory spending caps and raising the federal debt ceiling, has repealed the Affordable...more

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Employee Benefits Alert - August 2015

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Retirement Plans - IRS Issues Guidance on Benefit Suspension Voting under MPRA - As we have written in prior alerts, the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 (MPRA) permits trustees of financially troubled...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Week in Review – June 2015

Special Session – Not Yet - Governor Mark Dayton and House Republican leaders on Monday tentatively agreed to a two-year school spending budget, moving them one step closer to avoiding a partial government shutdown...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: HHS OIG Hands Out 2015 Work Plan For Halloween

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On Friday October 31, 2014, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its annual “Work Plan” for fiscal year 2015. The Work Plan is a compilation of the OIG’s plans for...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

Scripts Newsletter - October 2014

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In this issue: - Health Care Decisions — Who Decides? - Medical Software Licensing — Tips from the Trenches - An Ounce of Prevention — The Importance of Periodic Corporate Audits - ACA -...more

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Proposed Expansion of OIG’s Exclusion Authority

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In May, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) proposed a new rule (Rule) that would implement changes included in the ACA. The Rule would expand OIG’s authority to exclude...more

Troutman Pepper

Health Care in 2014: A Brave New World

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With the completion of the enrollment phase of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), health care in the United States has entered a new era that will be characterized by extensive changes and challenges for both providers and...more

King & Spalding

Health Headlines: Also in the News - May 2014

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OIG Reports Jurisdiction H Contractors Made $3.3 Million in Overpayments for Outpatient Drugs – According to a recent OIG report, the Medicare Contractors for Jurisdiction H overpaid providers approximately $3.3...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

340B Drug Pricing Program Update: Hospital Recertification and Recent Audit Activity

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As part of its expanded authority resulting from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is continuing its efforts to ensure compliance with 340B Drug...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

HRSA Clarifies 340B Orphan Drug Exception But 340B Audit Enforcement Remains Murky

Recently, HRSA publicly announced the issuance of a final rule clarifying when 340B covered entities can purchase and distribute orphan drugs through the 340B Drug Pricing Program. Separately, HRSA quietly posted a report on...more

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