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President Releases FY 2011 Budget Proposal
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Feb 8th, 2010
A $3.8 trillion budget was released by the President on Monday, February 1, that contains no new Medicare cuts for home health and hospice beyond what Congress is already considering. However, the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) officials noted in their FY 2011 budget justifications...
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VNAA Addresses New Fraud and Abuse Training Requirement
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Nov 2nd, 2009
VNAA is addressing a CMS requirement to require agencies under contract with Medicare Advantage (MA) health plans to receive Medicare fraud, waste and abuse (FWA) training by December 31, 2009, and annually thereafter. VNAA has contacted CMS and other national associations to address the issue of...
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Federal Trade Commission Postpones Enforcement of "Red Flags" Rule for Healthcare Providers
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Aug 10th, 2009
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has postponed the enforcement of the Red Flags Rule until November 1, 2009. The FTC deferred the decision to enforce the Red Flags Rule in response to pleas from the House Appropriations Committee to allow small businesses and health care providers to prepare for...
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Update on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Claims Auditing Procedure
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Apr 27th, 2009
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it has expanded the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) process nationally from its original pilot status that did not include home health or hospice and will now apply to all provider and supplier groups. Under the Congressionally...
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Message from the VNAA President and CEO
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Apr 20th, 2009
At last year’s Annual Meeting, the VNAA Board and staff presented the outline of VNAA’s Strategic Plan for significantly increasing the value VNAA provides its members. The plan outlined stronger and more targeted advocacy, efforts to improve national visibility for our industry, more relevant...
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CMS to Offer Special Open Door Forums on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Program
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Apr 6th, 2009
On February 4, 2009, the parties involved in the protest of the award of the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) contracts settled the protests. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will now continue with the implementation of the RAC program. RACs are specialized medical review...
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