Medicare program; limitation on recoupment of provider and supplier overpayments. Final rule.

Full Abstract

This final rule implements a provision of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) which prohibits recouping Medicare overpayments from a provider or supplier that seeks a reconsideration from a Qualified Independent Contractor (QIC). This provision changes how interest is to be paid to a provider or supplier whose overpayment is reversed at subsequent administrative or judicial levels of appeal. This final rule defines the overpayments to which the limitation applies, how the limitation works in concert with the appeals process, and the change in our obligation to pay interest to a provider or supplier whose appeal is successful at levels above the QIC.

Author information

Author/s: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS;

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Federal register (Fed Regist), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Sep; vol 74 (issue 178) : pp 47458-70

Dates: Created 2009/10/14; Completed 2009/10/22;

PMID: 19827229, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/22/2009, IMS Date: )

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