CMS has placed limitations on hospital complaint and recertification surveys for 30 days, according to the American Hospital Association. CMS will limit on-site surveys to complaints with immediate ...

The HHS Office of Inspector General has reviewed the effectiveness and activity of CMS’ fraud hotline, suggesting the agency issue written guidance for processing hotline complaints and upgrade its ...

U.S. Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and Dr. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, have introduced the bipartisan Medicare & You Handbook Improvement Act, which is meant to ensure that when seniors assess their ...

While the number of Medicare Part D program complaints has fallen since the program began, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services still has problems resolving critical program complaints. That ...

The projected number of standard nursing home surveys that would be completed in a year would fall about 12% under a Trump budget request that instead emphasizes complaint surveys. One byproduct of ...

Having practiced pharmacy for many years, I often find myself talking to people about their Medicare prescription drug, or Part D, plans. People with Part D usually share their thoughts about a ...

A regional manager with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is at Guam Memorial Hospital this week, reviewing policies and documents in connection with anonymous complaints, said hospital ...

In a major new test of federalism in the Supreme Court, five states on Friday asked permission to file a lawsuit against the federal government directly in the Court, to challenge the ...