Therapy providers should refund any payments beneficiaries made for services due to Medicare therapy cap-related denials, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Payment liability for those denials shifted from beneficiaries to providers in January 2013.
A bipartisan group of senators has urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to be cautious when enacting Medicare dialysis pay adjustments required under American Taxpayer Relief Act. Kidney care advocates have said that pay cuts could reduce access to care.
Marilyn Tavenner was easily confirmed by the Senate Wednesday to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The 91-7 vote makes Tavenner the first confirme...
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