Medicare Appeals Office Expands Settlement Conference Facilitation Pilot

By Michelle M. Stein / October 8, 2015 at 2:13 PM
The Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals plans to expand its settlement conference facilitation pilot to include more appeals and will extend the program beyond Part B claims to also include Part A claims sometime next year, the office recently unveiled. The American Medical Association says the group is supportive of expanding the pilot, though OMHA did not go as far as the AMA had previously suggested. Kim Brummett, vice president of regulatory affairs for the American Association for Homecare,...


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