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CMS Releases Final Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plan Marketing Guidelines

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 07.27.06

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released revised Medicare Advantage, MA-PD, Prescription Drug Plan and Medicare cost plan marketing guidelines on July 25, 2006.
We are reviewing the new guidelines for substantive changes from the previously released version.

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CMS Proposes New Payment Policy for IOPOs and HCLs

In keeping with ongoing efforts to intensify regulatory oversight of organ procurement organizations (OPOs) and curtail improper spending within federal health programs, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a proposed rule that would, among other adjustments, align Medicare payment policies for non-renal organs to be consistent with those currently applicable to kidneys. If enacted as drafted, this latest rule could have a direct impact on the financial stability of OPOs and histocompatibility laboratories (HCL) at a time when such organizations face increasing pressure to meet CMS’s new outcome measures — or else face non-renewal or decertification later this year. ...