CMS Announces Broad Pre-Enrollment Verification Pilot, Rules To Prevent Provider Steering

CMS on Monday (Dec. 12) released an interim final rule requiring new disclosures for Medicare dialysis facilities that help patients pay their premiums either directly or through a non-profit charity or other third-party payer, and announced it will pilot its pre-enrollment verification system for special enrollment periods in all FFM states and counties starting in June. The insurance industry has been urging CMS to ensure all people applying for special enrollment periods (SEPs) are eligible, and also wanted the agency...