Policy and Legislation
The rules are intended to achieve the promise of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, federal agencies say.
The deadline to respond is September 11, says chairman for the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Hearing is a "pseudo-criminal proceeding" attorney says in response to subpoena for Dr. Ralph de la Torre to appear on Sept. 12.
CMS streamlined the application process and focused on navigators helping historically underserved groups.
The growth poses challenges to providers' credit quality, given growing risks to reimbursement from MA plans.
The suit claims rural nursing homes in particular may be forced to shut down due to a lack of qualified candidates in the labor market.
The suit alleges Humana committed to providing the required level of coverage, but in fact planned to provide less.
The Patient Safety Structural Measure released by CMS in the inpatient rule hard-wires patient safety as a top priority, says Leah Binder, president and CEO The Leapfrog Group.
CMS said that if the new prices had been in effect last year, Medicare would have saved an estimated $6 billion across the 10 drugs.
Proposed regulation violates a federal law that prohibits giving public benefits to illegal immigrants, complaint says.