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August 08, 2016. AAFP Revises CME Requirement. The American Academy of Family Physicians recently approved. Measures that will simplify CME requirements for Academy members. Previously, AAFP physicians could claim a maximum number of credits for self-directed individual activities (i.e., published research, clinical research, paper presentations, exhibit presentations, medical writing, peer review, and writing test questions). Of continued membership in AAFP, active members and supporting FP members are ...
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August 31, 2016. FDA and CMS Call for Nationwide Changes. Recently, CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt and FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf wrote a joint letter. To Gary Beatty, Chair of the Accredited Standards Committee X12 (ASC X12), asking that the organization add unique device identifiers (UDIs) for implantable medical devices on claims form. They argue that such a move would improve post-market surveillance and provide for better value-based reimbursement based on device performance. That UDIs in cl...
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Policy and Medicine: DOJ
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August 02, 2016. Largest Medicare/Medicaid Fraud Takedown in History. The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced. That it is charging hundreds of individuals across the country with committing Medicare fraud worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The takedown being called the largest takedown in history both in terms of the number of people charged and the loss amount mostly involves separate fraudulent billings to Medicare, Medicaid, or both, for treatments that were never provided. Involving th...
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The Unintended Consequences of Public Reporting - Policy and Medicine
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Laquo; Previous article. Next article ». August 12, 2015. The Unintended Consequences of Public Reporting. 0160; . ProPublica Surgeon Scorecard Ad. A major concern surrounding ProPublica’s recently released. Is that rating physicians in a public database solely on complication rates may discourage surgeons from operating on high-risk patients. The fear, it turns out, is a legitimate one. A. Study published this month. C Michael Gibson, an interventional cardiologist, Harvard Professor, and...Clearly, ...
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District Court Rules on Reporting Overpayments and False Claims Act Liability - Policy and Medicine
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Laquo; Previous article. Next article ». August 11, 2015. District Court Rules on Reporting Overpayments and False Claims Act Liability. A number of important healthcare decisions have come out of the Southern District of New York over the last week. Yesterday. We wrote about the. Has violated the False Claims Act. However, the ACA does not define what it means to identify. Read the opinion here. Both the Department of Justice and the State of New York intervened, arguing that by intentionally or reckle...
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August 30, 2016. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) First to Double-Down on DOJ’s Civil Penalties for FCA Violations. Buried in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 64 Is a provision that requires agencies to increase increases the civil monetary penalties ( CMPs ), including False Claims Act (FCA) penalties. 0160; Read Full Article in the August 2016 Issue of Life Science Compliance Update. To Read the Full Story, Subscribe. Download a Sample Issue. August 29, 2016. This proposed rule lays out the requirement...
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August 30, 2016. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) First to Double-Down on DOJ’s Civil Penalties for FCA Violations. Buried in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 64 Is a provision that requires agencies to increase increases the civil monetary penalties ( CMPs ), including False Claims Act (FCA) penalties. 0160; Read Full Article in the August 2016 Issue of Life Science Compliance Update. To Read the Full Story, Subscribe. Download a Sample Issue. August 29, 2016. This proposed rule lays out the requirement...
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NuVasive Inc. Agrees to $13.5 Million False Claims Act Settlement - Policy and Medicine
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Laquo; Previous article. Next article ». August 04, 2015. NuVasive Inc. Agrees to $13.5 Million False Claims Act Settlement. The United States and the. Relator, Ryan, filed their amended complaint in October of 2013, stating:. Specifically regarding off-label, the United States alleged that between 2008 and 2013, NuVasive promoted the use of the CoRoent System for surgical uses that were not approved or cleared by the FDA, including for use in treating two complex spine deformities: severe scoliosis and ...
