After getting ready for all the changes a new contract year brings, Medicare Advantage (MA) Plans and Part D sponsors await the issuance of the Draft Call Letter for early…
Many Medicare Plans may believe compliance with the ten-year record retention requirement is a slam-dunk. However, plans are often tripped up in audits because their first-tier and downstream entities do…
Annual risk assessments and associated monitoring and auditing work plans are not only required, but also help to ensure your compliance program is efficiently and effectively monitoring and auditing business…
During the 2017 audit season, BluePeak observed increased CMS increased scrutiny on plans and their First Tier, Downstream and Related Entities (FDRs), as well as repeated Common Conditions. With limited changes from…
On October 26, President Donald Trump declared the nation’s opioid epidemic a public health emergency. The opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug epidemic in American history. Deaths from opioid overdose…