OMB Reviews Final Version Of 2016 Medicare Provider Enrollment Rule

The White House Office of Management and Budget on Monday (Dec. 3) began reviewing a final rule aimed at improving the Medicare provider enrollment process in order to beef up program integrity. The proposed version, released in early 2016 under the Obama administration , called for removing or preventing enrollment of providers who try to avoid Medicare requirements with name and identity changes, and increasing the maximum amount of time that a provider can be removed from Medicare. CMS’ regulatory...