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How and When to Sign Up for Medicare Insurance: Seniors Who Turn 65 Need to Know

26th January 2011
Signing up for Medicare insurance when you turn 65 is a right of passage for many aging Americans. However, there is a limited window of opportunity to enroll in Medicare insurance without facing penalties such as a delay in coverage. That is why it is im...
Author: Alfred Winston
Legal

CMS Finalizes Major Stark Changes

09th July 2009
On August 19, 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") published final Stark rules in its 2009 Final Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems Rule ("Final Rule"). The Final Rule contains several significant modifications to the...
Author: Wachler & Associates
Legal

Stark II Phase III

08th July 2009
The long-awaited third and final phase of the rulemaking that amends the Stark regulations (Stark) was released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on August 27, 2007. The phase III final rule (Phase III) will be effective December 4, ...
Author: Wachler & Associates
Legal

The RACs Are Coming -- Are You Ready?

07th July 2009
I. INTRODUCTION The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS" or "Medicare") Recovery Audit Contractor ("RAC") program has been made permanent and is expanding nationwide, beginning this year. Medicare providers, suppliers and their legal couns...
Author: Wachler & Associates
Legal

The 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: The Anti-Markup Rule and IDTF Developments Impacting Diag

06th July 2009
In recent years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") has heavily scrutinized the terms and conditions under which Medicare will pay for diagnostic testing services, resulting in heightened regulatory action targeting certain diagnostic ...
Author: Wachler & Associates
Legal

Recovery Audit Contractors and Medicare Audits: Successful Strategies for Defending Audits

06th July 2009
I. INTRODUCTION Attention radiology providers and suppliers: Get ready for increased Medicare auditing activity. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program has been made permanent and is expanding natio...
Author: Wachler & Associates