Physician Payment & Practice

CMS Alert Highlights Medicare Fraud Scheme Involving Phishing Fax Requests Click to Enlarge The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published an alert on fraud schemes that are increasingly targeting Medicare providers that involve bad actors impersonating CMS and sending phishing

Certification of Additional Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Entities Click to Enlarge The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury (the Departments) are announcing the certification of two additional independent dispute resolution (IDR) entities, Capitol Bridge, LLC and Livanta LLC

Dispute Closure Error Technical Assistance Click to Enlarge The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury published the Dispute Closure Error Technical Assistance (TA) to the Overview of Rules & Fact sheets page under the Guidance &

Nomination Period Open for PCMP Breast Cancer Screening Clinician Expert Workgroup Click to Enlarge The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its measure developer are seeking nominations for the Clinician Expert Workgroup that will provide input on the development

Action Required: NYS Mandates Electronic CMS-1500 Billing by August 1 Click to Enlarge Effective August 1, 2025, the NYS Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) will require health care providers to submit the CMS-1500 universal billing form electronically, through a Board-approved electronic