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- Denise Gill-Vigilante on How to Efficiently Conduct an Audit
- R. Pennypacker on Compliance Highlights of the CY 2017 Draft Call Letter
- Kathleen Chapman on Is Value-Based Insurance Design All It’s Cracked Up To Be?
- Tracy Croxon on Compliance Highlights of the CY 2017 Draft Call Letter
- Ted Rever on Final Rule: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2017
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The Voice of Regan Pennypacker
Strive For Progress, Not Perfection, Because It Doesn’t Exist
This week was a productive one for CMS and Compliance professionals. The 2015 Part C and Part D Program Audit and Enforcement Report was published on September 6, and the 2016 Fall Conference took place on September 8.
How to Efficiently Conduct an Audit
Audits from regulatory bodies swarm around an organization like bees. And like a bee, upon first sight we do not think of the value they bring, but instead we first think of the sting that is to come.
Meeting CMS Halfway: The 2016 Audit and Enforcement Conference
On June 16, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held their third annual Medicare Advantage & Prescription Drug Audit and Enforcement Conference and Webcast. At the heart of this conference is the CMS Program Audit. Agency experts as well as Sponsor participants presented to an in-person and webcast audience on expectations, process enhancements, upcoming developments, and more.
3 Key Aspects from State of Compliance
They say people fear public speaking more than death. I can tell you from public speaking experience, it is far preferable than death (though if you could bring me back like the red witch did Jon Snow, that could be one heck of a ride). Having an audience of friendly faces is also a huge help when presenting. Today, I share highlights from a recent speaking engagement on the state of compliance. For the sake of time, I boiled it down to three key sections: audits, readiness initiatives, and compliance reviews. Read more
To Everything There Is a Season: Marketing Materials
There is a season for every activity within your organization: one for bids, one for applications, one for data validation. We are soon to come upon marketing material season, when a flurry of activity usually gets underway in Marketing Communications and Compliance Departments nationwide. Here are three reasons to ramp up: Read more
Compliance Highlights of the CY 2017 Draft Call Letter
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Call Letter activities follow four major themes: improving bid review, decreasing costs, promoting creative benefit designs, and improving beneficiary protections. This means implementing creativity and doing more with less while enhancing the beneficiary experience. To borrow from one of the earliest reality shows, this is the time when CMS stops being nice and starts getting real. There are some of the key items of which your Compliance Department needs to be aware outlined below; however, it is not all inclusive and a thorough read of the document is required.
This Is the Year to Get It Right
Five consecutive years of very similar audit protocol, continuous partnering with sponsors to identify improvements, and numerous best practice/common conditions memos. Where are you in audit readiness? Did you evaluate the items in the 2016 Readiness Checklist sent in November? I will get back to that! In the meantime, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has started sending audit letters, so we are aware of sponsors and Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) alike who are prioritizing CMS’ requests. Early bird catches the worm, am I right? Presumably these plans have larger enrollment, since they will only be required to provide rejected claims for the one month of January.
