Posts Tagged ‘Medicare appeals process’
HHS Takes Another Shot at Reducing Medicare Appeals Backlog
In an effort to clear the ever-growing Medicare appeals backlog, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has announced the launch of two new settlement options for providers and suppliers: a low-volume appeals (LVA) settlement and an expanded Settlement Conference Facilitation (SCF) process. LVA will be limited to appellants with a low volume of…
Read MoreJudge Orders HHS to Clear Medicare Claims Appeal Backlog by 2020
Four years, that’s how long a federal judge has given the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to clear through a huge backlog of Medicare claims appeals. The Dec. 5 ruling, from Judge James E. Boasberg grew out of a motion for summary judgment filed in October by the American Hospital Association. At issue…
Read MoreWill proposed rule change clear Medicare appeal claims logjam?
The Department of Health and Human Services late last month took a small step toward easing a very big problem. The agency issued a proposed rule designed to help reduce the backlog of more than 700,000 Medicare claims stuck in the appeals process. The proposed changes to the Medicare appeals process would “streamline administrative processes,…
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