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Social Services Law § 363-d) codified in New York State law federal requirements and OMIG policies require Medicaid providers who have received an overpayment to report, return, and explain the overpayment by making a disclosure to OMIG within sixty (60) days of identifying the overpayment.
Using the OIG’s seven elements as a guide to delivering better patient care Healthcare Compliance professionals tend to focus, rightfully so, on the regulations and organization requirements around providing quality patient care and keeping patients safe. Consider the seven elements in the OIG’s guidance on effective compliance programs.
New Subpart 521-1: Compliance Programs The adopted regulations represent substantial changes to 18 N.Y.C.R.R. Part 521 governing the implementation and operation of effective compliance programs for certain “required providers,” including, now for the first time, Medicaid managed care organizations (MMCOs). [1]
Compliance policies should be developed under the direction and supervision of the complianceofficer and compliance committee and should address the implementation and operation of an entity’s compliance program and processes. OIG’s updated take on the seven elements is briefly summarized below. (1)
When entering an OIG Corporate Integrity Agreement, the organization agrees to Develop written procedures and policies for issues necessitating the Corporate Integrity Agreement Report overpayments, ongoing investigations and legal proceedings, and other reportable events Carry out a comprehensive compliance training program for all organizational (..)
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For staff, complianceofficers should support annual online FWA compliance training. Step 3: Report Once any of the above activities are discovered, complianceofficers should educate patients and staff on how to report FWA. This could include how to submit a hotline report on the HHS-OIG website.
Complianceofficers can help protect revenue and reduce the risk of penalties by collaborating with the Finance and Reimbursement departments to navigate the dynamics of outlier payments and prospective repayment. Return illegitimate reimbursement and overpayments quickly. The government has a 60-day overpayment rule.
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million to resolve a lawsuit filed by the system’s former Chief ComplianceOfficer, Ronald Sherman. Sherman himself had submitted disclosure logs to the OIG), Sherman alleges that it failed to adequately report the arrangements it had with Neonatology Associates or any other private physician groups, or return any alleged overpayments.
That’s why we work so hard to simplify and streamline regulatory change management: we have to take the busy work out of compliance so that our clinical colleagues can apply their subject matter expertise to compliance, rather than getting overwhelmed with process. That’s a 41% error rate with an extrapolated overpayment of?$269
Sharon Parsley, JD, MBA, CHC, CHRC contributes a monthly post on complianceofficer effectiveness for the YouCompli blog. Many people in our discipline love the slogan “compliance is everybody’s business.” Here, any overpayment from a governmental payer source must be returned within 60 days of its identification.
CIAs typically last five years and require organizations to Appoint a complianceofficer or committee Allow for independent annual reviews of the program Establish a confidential disclosure program Formulate compliance policies and standards Ensure that only eligible individuals remain employed Provide comprehensive compliance training for all personnel (..)
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If the payer, such as Medicare, performs an extrapolation, reducing each overpayment dollar through appeal can mean thousands less to pay back. If your organization has a ComplianceOfficer and/or Certified Healthcare Auditor, you may want to bring concerning situations to his/her attention. If in doubt, check it out.
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This responsibility usually falls on the organization’s ComplianceOfficer. Corrective action includes refunding overpayments revealed during the audit. Federal law requires entities repay any overpayments received from Medicare or a State Medicaid program within 60 days after identification.
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