Medicare Advantage pays 10 cents less on the dollar, hospitals say — and a new CFO task force is born to fight it
Hospitals are getting shortchanged by Medicare Advantage insurers to the tune of 10 cents on every dollar, according to Ensemble, …
Hundreds of thousands of seniors could lose their hospital — and the money fight behind it explains why
There’s a letter that could be sitting in a mailbox right now saying a hospital trusted for decades won’t take …
CMS FAQs Address Imposition of Penalties for MSP Reporting Violations
Medicare Secondary Payer and Certain Civil Money Penalties: Frequently Asked Questions (Nov. 2, 2023) Available at https://www.cms.gov/files/document/medicare-secondary-payer-and-certain-civil-money-penalties-frequently-asked-questions.pdf Less than a …
Retirement Expert: SECURE 2.0’s Impact on RMD Penalty Tax Collection Is TBD
The SECURE 2.0 Act, included in the year-end omnibus bill approved by Congress (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023), features 100 retirement provisions that …
2023 Social Security Wage Base Increases to $160,200
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced that the maximum earnings subject to Social Security tax (Social Security wage base) …
New guidance for employers that over-collect additional Medicare tax
The Spring issue of the Social Security Administration/Internal Revenue Service (SSA/IRS) Reporter gives pointers to employers that over-collect the 0.9% …