The following is a press release from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). A new report issued by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) does not adequately enforce Obamacare’s requirement that […]
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The following is from a Senate Budget Committee release by Sen. Grassley. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has issued its fiscal analysis of the Biden-Harris administration’s Medicare Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration Program. The CBO estimates that the program—which the Centers for
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The following is from Yahoo News. The personal information of 612,000 Medicare beneficiaries were accessed in a sweeping data breach that affected what could be hundreds of organizations, including the government contractor, Maximus Federal Services. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Under President Trump, new rules were passed requiring hospitals to post price lists so patients can shop around for treatments and procedures. However, hundreds of hospitals have gotten caught failing to follow the law. The latest two hospitals getting fined
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Republicans on the House Oversight Committee say they are seeking information to ensure that the Government Accountability Office and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services coordinate to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid programs and to recoup improper
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The following is an excerpt from MedPage Today. The Hospital Price Transparency rule celebrated its first birthday in January, and as of July 1, the enforcement of a similar requirement for payers and health plans began through the Transparency in Coverage rules.
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The following is an excerpt from Becker’s Healthcare Review – CFO Report. Atlanta-based Northside Hospital is the first health system in the nation to be fined by CMS for violating federal price transparency laws, CMS told Becker’s. Northside was fined more than $1
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The following is an excerpt from Becker’s Hospital Review. CMS [The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a federal agency] said it has cited 69 hospitals for not complying with the agency’s Covid-19 vaccination mandate covering healthcare facilities participating in
