Medicare Revocation and Deactivation of Billing Privileges: Growing Danger Lurks for Medicare Providers and Practitioners

Event Details

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has significantly increased its use of powerful program integrity tools that can revoke or deactivate billing privileges in a matter of days. These authorities allow Medicare to halt reimbursement based on allegations of abusive billing practices or even technical noncompliance, with repercussions that can extend to any affiliated provider or practitioner.

Hospice and home health providers, in particular, are facing heightened scrutiny as CMS intensifies its enforcement.

Please join AGG Healthcare attorneys Bill Dombi, Lanchi Bombalier, and Jason Bring for an in-depth discussion of Medicare’s revocation and deactivation authorities, strategies to mitigate risk, and practical guidance on how providers and practitioners should respond when faced with deactivation or revocation actions.

Topics include:

• Key differences between revocation and deactivation of billing privileges.
• How CMS is applying these authorities to hospice and home health providers.
• Risk management strategies to minimize exposure.
• Practical steps for responding to revocation or deactivation.

Credits: 1 hour of CLE credit has been approved by the State Bar of Georgia.

Recording

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