Tag: Settlement Conference Facilitation pilot
Hopes are high for tweaks to settlement process
September 25, 2015Tracy Orzel
WASHINGTON - The Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals plans to expand its Settlement Conference Facilitation pilot project and stakeholders hope the agency will make it more widely accessible.Right now, to participate in the pilot project, providers must have a minimum of 20 claims or $10,000 in controversy; must appeal all claims for the same service; and must have filed the claims in 2013—none of which can be currently assigned to a judge.Due to these strict criteria, very few HME providers...
