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More Losses than Gains? OIG Declines to Approve Certain Medicare Advantage Gainsharing Arrangements in Advisory Opinion 24-08

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On September 13, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 24-08, in which it declined to approve a proposal by a Medicare Advantage organization (MAO)...more

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CMS Releases CY 2025 Rate Announcement for Medicare Advantage and Part D

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On April 1, 2024, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Announcement of Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and D Payment Policies (Rate Announcement). CMS...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

CMS Charts the Future of Medicare Advantage and Part D in 2024

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CMS published the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2024 Medicare Advantage (“MA”) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies (“Rate Announcement“) on March 31 and, five days later, issued the MA and Part D final rule for...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

CMS Medicare Advantage RADV Final Rule: No Fee-For-Service Adjuster, May Extrapolate Audit Findings Beginning with PY 2018

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More than four years after it was proposed, on February 1, 2023 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited risk adjustment data validation (RADV) Final Rule (Final Rule) that will affect...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

The RADV Final Rule and Advance Notice of CY 2024 Capitation Rates: Provider Considerations

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) was very busy last week! On Jan. 30, CMS issued its long-awaited Risk Adjustment Data Validation (RADV) Final Rule....more

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CMS Releases Final Rule for Risk Adjustment Data Validation Audit Methodology

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On January 30, 2023, CMS posted for inspection a final rule describing its Risk Adjustment Data Validation audit methodology (the Final RADV Rule). As we have discussed in prior alerts, the finalization of the RADV Rule,...more

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CMS Proposed Rule Would Leverage Technology and Interoperability to Improve Prior Authorization

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On Tuesday, December 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a proposed rule (“New Proposed Rule”) to improve the prior authorization process and advance interoperability for Medicare Advantage...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Aetna-Humana Merger Blocked

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The District of Columbia federal court recently ruled that a proposed $37 billion merger between health insurance giants Aetna and Humana cannot proceed, granting the US Department of Justice’s bid to block the combination on...more

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CMS Continues Efforts to Improve Patient Care, Spending, and Population Health

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On November 2, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), released the 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule, which finalized a number of new policies designed to improve Medicare payment for...more

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Eleventh Circuit Finds Mere Existence Of Insurance Contract Satisfies Condition Precedent To Action For Double Damages Under The...

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The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that a private insurance company/PART C Medicare Advantage Organization (MAO) may sue a Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurance carrier for reimbursement of medical...more

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11th Circuit Awards Humana Double Damages Under Medicare Secondary Payer Act

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Humana Medical Plan, Inc. v. Western Heritage Insurance Co., case number 15-11436. Liability insurers beware, as the 11th Circuit held that Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAO) are entitled to the same rights...more

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Medicare Advantage Organizations May Sue For Double Damages Under MSP Act - Humana Medical Plan, Inc. v. Western Heritage Ins....

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On August 8, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided an issue of first impression in the circuit under the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Act. In sum, the Eleventh Circuit held that a Medicare Advantage Organization...more

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