STUDY: MEDICARE SCANDAL CONTINUES WITH SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF PAYMENTS FOR ORTHOTIC AND PROSTHETIC DEVICES GOING ILLEGALLY TO UNLICENSED PROVIDERS CMS Payments to Unlicensed Providers Violates 2000 and 2005 Laws; Regulatory...
AOPA will be testifying during today’s Regional SBA Hearing being held in Seattle, WA titled "Regulatory Fairness Hearing for Small Business.” AOPA will testify on behalf of our members on...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that the second of several Open Door Forums to discuss the proposed physician documentation template for O&P services will be held...
National Government Services (NGS), the Jurisdiction B DME MAC, recently reported results of their first quarter pre-payment audit activity on high error rate services, including orthotics and prosthetics. While the...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a draft document on its website that, in its words, “will assist physicians with documenting the physician notes that substantiate...
Last year the American Hospital Association (AHA) whose members are also under siege from RAC audits secured introduction of legislation that would be generally helpful to the plight of hospitals...
More than 125 companies and individuals have responded with their pocketbooks to help fund the huge lawsuit expense of the AOPA lawsuit against CMS on behalf of members to stop...
If you’ve had trouble getting through to AOPA staff it is because our phones have been ringing off the hook since we filed suit against Medicare. Members & Non-members have...
As a reminder the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has published new rules/ updates to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Breach Notification Rules; that were originally published...
Noridian Healthcare Services, the Jurisdiction D DME MAC contractor has released the results from pre-payment reviews of claims for spinal; orthoses described by codes L0631 and L0637. For claims reviewed...
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