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Attention New York Medicaid Providers: It’s Time to Upgrade Your Compliance Program

Healthcare Law Blog

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]

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Finding Success Amid Complexity: 3 Payer Strategies for Better Risk Adjustment Results

HIT Consultant

Risk adjustment requires constant attention to ensure accurate coding, timely regulatory compliance, and streamlined communications across the payer-provider continuum. billion in overpayments to MA plans with this new audit methodology over the next ten years. million in overpayments to just one plan over the course of two years.

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Compliance Risks Associated with Outlier Payments 

YouCompli

Raising prices on your hospital’s chargemaster can also raise your level of compliance grief. Most federal healthcare payors such as Medicare and Medicaid reimburse most providers on a prospective basis. It is “prospective” because hospitals and other providers know ahead of time what they will be reimbursed.

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Malnutrition Diagnosis Codes: The Compliance Danger You’re Not Taking Seriously Enough

McBrayer Law Blog

Posted In Code Enforcement , Hospitals It may seem like hair-splitting, but including the wrong diagnostic codes for malnutrition on hospital inpatient claims – using codes for severe malnutrition in place of other forms of malnutrition – is a costly mistake.

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Navigating CMS UPIC Audits: A Guide for Healthcare Organizations

Compliancy Group

This is because the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have ramped up their efforts to identify organizations that have improperly billed for medical services. For healthcare organizations, understanding UPIC audits and preparing for them is essential to compliance. What is the Purpose of UPIC Audits?

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The Importance of a Corporate Integrity Agreement

Compliancy Group

By examining the purpose and regulatory mechanisms of these agreements, we can understand their role in ensuring compliance, promoting ethical conduct, and ensuring patient and employee safety. When a hospital, doctor’s office, or other healthcare organization is guilty of a regulatory or compliance violation , the U.S.

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2024 Final Rule: CMS Announces More Changes to Medicare Advantage but Declines to Reform the “60 Day Rule”

Health Care Law Brief

On April 5, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the 2024 Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Benefit Programs Final Rule (“Final Rule”), which will be codified at 42 C.F.R. The SRFs include low-income subsidy, dual eligibility (meaning eligible for Medicare and Medicaid) and disability. See 42 U.S.C.