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Search Results for: NOTICE

Center Comments on the NOTICE Act

January 4, 2016

January 4, 2016 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Comments on NOTICE Act Submitted electronically: NOTICE_Act@cms.hhs.gov The Center for Medicare Advocacy (Center) is a national, private, non-profit law organization, founded in … [Read more...] about Center Comments on the NOTICE Act

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Center Comments on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2017 [CMS–9937–P]

December 30, 2015

December 21, 2015 Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244-8016 RE: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; … [Read more...] about Center Comments on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2017 [CMS–9937–P]

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Center Comments on CMS-10003 Notice of Denial of Medical Coverage (or Payment)

December 30, 2015

Submitted electronically at http://www.regulations.gov December 15, 2015 CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of Regulations Development, Attention: CMS-10003/0938-0829, Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security … [Read more...] about Center Comments on CMS-10003 Notice of Denial of Medical Coverage (or Payment)

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CMS Hosts Tele Town Hall on Hospital Observation NOTICE Act; Comments Accepted until January 4, 2016

December 23, 2015

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted a Tele Town Hall on December 21, 2015 to solicit comments on the Notice of Observation Treatment and Implications for Care Eligibility (NOTICE) Act, Public Law 114-42.  Beginning in … [Read more...] about CMS Hosts Tele Town Hall on Hospital Observation NOTICE Act; Comments Accepted until January 4, 2016

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Observation Status: The NOTICE Act Will Soon Be Law

August 6, 2015

An increasing number of patients in hospitals are not formally admitted as inpatients, but as “outpatients” on “observation status.”  Although they receive whatever medical and nursing care, diagnostic tests, medications, … [Read more...] about Observation Status: The NOTICE Act Will Soon Be Law

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Saga of an Inpatient Hospital Appeal: Notice and Use of Lifetime Reserve Days and Comments on Observation Status

May 21, 2015

This CMA Alert highlights a recent individual ALJ decision that sets out an important but often unrecognized beneficiary right to a written notice when he or she is about to use hospital “Lifetime Reserve Days.”  A hospital’s … [Read more...] about Saga of an Inpatient Hospital Appeal: Notice and Use of Lifetime Reserve Days and Comments on Observation Status

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Observation Status – Notice and Appeal

June 19, 2014

Connecticut Passes Observation Notice Law On June 12, 2014, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law a requirement that, starting October 1, 2014, Connecticut hospitals give oral and written notice to patients placed on observation … [Read more...] about Observation Status – Notice and Appeal

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CMS Clarifies When the Advance Beneficiary Notice of Non-Coverage (ABN) Must be Issued

August 16, 2012

August 16, 2012 On June 1, 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued Transmittal No.R2480CP, which updates its instructions on the issuance of the Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN), Form CMS-R-131.[1]  The changes are … [Read more...] about CMS Clarifies When the Advance Beneficiary Notice of Non-Coverage (ABN) Must be Issued

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April 9, 2012 – Challenging Notices of Involuntary Discharge

April 9, 2012

NATIONAL MEDICARE ADVOCATES ALLIANCE CALL Monday, April 9, 2012– 2:00 P.M., Eastern Time Call-in Number: 1 (888) 206-2266 Pass Code: 1050263# NOTE: We ask people calling from the same location to gather around one telephone.  This … [Read more...] about April 9, 2012 – Challenging Notices of Involuntary Discharge

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New Medicare Summary Notice

March 8, 2012

On March 7, 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the redesign of the Medicare Summary Notice (MSN), the statement that informs Medicare beneficiaries about their claims for Medicare services and benefits.  The … [Read more...] about New Medicare Summary Notice

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