WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 19 refused to hear a petition that would have stopped CMS from awarding competitive bidding contracts until it complied with rulemaking processes.
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – Just months after a group of company execs bought Liberty Medical from its parent company, they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Feb. 15, according to news reports.
WASHINGTON – The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recommends in a new report that CMS collect the more than $225.6 million in Medicaid overpayments that is due the federal government.
WASHINGTON – Although it’s too soon to gauge how many providers accepted initial contracts for Round 2 of competitive bidding, stakeholders say it’s likely that those who did, did so out of fear.
WASHINGTON – The government’s health care fraud prevention and enforcement efforts recovered a record $4.2 billion in taxpayer dollars in FY 2012, up from nearly $4.1 billion in 2011, according to a press release from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
WASHINGTON – It was standing room only at a pair of Feb. 6 briefings for congressional staff on the competitive bidding program, but CMS officials offered little in the way of substance, according to industry stakeholders.