This Week: House asks Inspector General to investigate DME competitive bidding... Finance Committee explores recovery audit contractors... HHS outlines individual mandate exemptions
1. Congress
House of Representatives
- Lawmakers Request that OIG Investigate DME Competitive Bidding Expansion
- Energy and Commerce Panel Set to Release New Draft of Doc Pay Bill
- Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill Aims to Reward Medicare Beneficiaries for Improving Health
Senate
- Finance Committee Holds Hearing on Health Care Quality Measurements
- Finance Committee Hearing on Medicare RAC Program
2. Administration
Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Online Services for ACA Insurance Coverage Education Available
- HHS Provides Blueprint for Individuals Seeking Certain ACA Payment Exemptions
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- CMS Sponsors Funding for State Ombudsman
- Durable Medical Equipment Services Face-to-Face Requirement Start Date
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
3. State Activities
4. Regulations Open for Comment
- NEW - Proposed Rule on Home Health Payments
- NEW - Final CMS Rule on Improving Coordination Between Long-Term Care Hospitals and Hospices
- Proposed Rule to Clarify Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
- Program Integrity Guidelines for Exchanges, Premium Stabilization Program
- Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) Interim Final Rule
- Disproportionate Share Hospital Proposed Rule
- Tanning Bed Warning Label Proposal
- Skilled Nursing Facility FY 2014 Payment Rule
- IRS Proposed Rule -- Employer-Sponsored Plan Value
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment Proposed Rule
- Charitable Hospital Rule
5. Reports
HHS Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG)
- Review of CPAP Supply Replacement Schedule Could Cut Wasteful Spending
- Medicare Part D Paid $5M for Drugs Ordered by Non-prescribers
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
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