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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) randomly audit health care providers’ claims for reimbursement, to recoup funds the program may have already paid under fraudulent or incorrect pretenses, via Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs). This is part of the broad-sweeping Medicare Claim Review Programs established by the government, processes which were formalized in theContinue Reading

This is from MCRA’s daily orthopedic industry news update. If you’d like to receive these via email, subscribe here. Clinical, Regulatory, IP, Compliance, Reimbursement Study Identifies Risk Factors for Complications after Spine Surgery Jury Awards Medtronic $101 Million In Patent Suit Against NuVasive NuVasive Announces Jury Verdict in Patent Case 4 Insurers Will Supply HealthContinue Reading

This is a daily orthopedic industry news update compiled by the MCRA team. If you’d like to receive these via email, subscribe here. Clinical, Regulatory, IP, Compliance, Reimbursement Baxano Enrolls First Patient in Groundbreaking STRiDE Trial Dublin med device firm, X-BOLT Orthopaedics, gets UK clearance Technology, Product & Industry DJO Global Launches the Empi ActiveContinue Reading

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued its proposed rule for 2012 that addresses changes to the payment policies under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS). The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons discusses concerns directly related to payment rates and anticipated cuts in its article, “Physicians Face Medicare Cliff.” However, the MPFSContinue Reading