New Anti-Markup Rule Revisions for Diagnostic Testing Billing
Avoiding Medicare Exclusion, False Claims Liability, and CMS Penalties
Recording of a 90-minute CLE teleconference with Q&A
Conducted on Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Recorded event now available
This seminar will review the new anti-markup revisions in the 2009 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, explain the rule's relationship to the Stark Law, and offer best practices for providers to ensure compliance.
Description
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the 2009 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule in the November 19th Federal Register. The revised Fee Schedule makes several important changes to the anti-markup rule for diagnostic tests.
The new revisions, effective January 1, adopt a two-step approach to determining when the anti-markup payment limitation applies to billing for diagnostic tests. Failure to comply with the anti-markup rule could result in sanctions, false claims liability and exclusion from the Medicare program.
Legal advisors for healthcare providers must understand the new rules to ensure their clients and companies are in compliance to avoid penalties and sanctions — and to maximize Medicare reimbursements.
Listen as our panel of healthcare attorneys reviews the new anti-markup revisions, explains the rule's relationship to the Stark Law, and offers their perspectives and best practices for providers to ensure compliance.
Outline
- Anti-markup rule — overview
- Purpose of rule
- Application
- Revisions to anti-markup rule
- Shared practice requirement/“substantially all” test
- Site-of-Service requirement/”same building” test
- Billing limitations
- Relationship to Stark Law’s in-office ancillary services exception
- Compliance strategies
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- How will the revisions to the anti-markup rule affect billing practices for diagnostic testing?
- What is the relationship between the new anti-markup rule revisions and the Stark Law's in-office ancillary services exception?
- What do healthcare providers need to do now to ensure they are in compliance with the new rule?
Faculty
Paul F. Danello, Shareholder
Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus, Washington, D.C.
He focuses on corporate, financing and government regulatory matters for the health care industry. He has provided fraud and abuse counseling and developed corporate compliance plans for providers.
Donald H. Romano, Partner
Arent Fox, Washington, D.C.
He focuses on physician self-referral (Stark) anti-kickback matters and Medicare reimbursement issues affecting hospitals, physicians and other providers. He was previously the director of the division at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) responsible for Stark policy, including the revisions to "under arrangements" and "per click" leases.
E. Michael Flanagan
Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus, Washington, D.C.
He focuses on healthcare regulatory matters affecting providers. He helps providers understand and comply with the myriad federal and state regulations affecting their operations. With substantial experience in defending clients in federal an state investigations, he prefers the preventive approach of reviewing a proposed course of action for its potential fraud risks.
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