PPACA Changes to Fraud and Abuse Laws
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) contains a number of changes that impact the fraud and abuse provisions under the federal Medicare and Medicaid laws. PPACA also provides additional funding to boost enforcement activity by the government, and contains a number of provisions broadening the government’s authority relating to fraud and abuse in […]
Healthcare Reform Brings New IRS Requirements for Tax-Exempt Hospitals
If your tax-exempt hospital has not yet formed a task force or committee to work on implementing the additional IRS requirements contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “PPAC’), now would be a good time to do so. The law imposes four additional requirements upon tax-exempt hospitals. Hospitals that fail to meet […]
Physician Payment Rates
Congress has restored the 21% pay cut in Medicare physician payment rates that recently occurred, but only on a temporary basis. Completi calcio e maglie calcio ufficiali club e nazionali Earlier this year, the Medicare program initially withheld payments to physicians for services provided, then halted payments temporarily to all physicians, when Congress failed to […]