tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 18

ALJs Now Work For HHS

WARNING: Fraud hawks have finally won their fight to limit the independence of Administrative Law Judges. ALJs will now work directly for the Department of Health and Human Services, and you will be denied the chance to give live evidence in your ALJ appeals. "For years the government, especially the OIG, complained about the fact the ALJs were independent," notes attorney Alan Reider with Arent Fox in Washington. "The OIG said the ALJs were reversing the carriers in 70 percent of cases, and this shows the ALJ system isn't working. My response to that is, 'No, the...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci Part B Insider.


Keep pace with evolving Medicare regulations with timely analysis of critical updates interpreted in an easy-to-follow, easy-to-apply format. Your subscription to TCI’s Part B Insider will equip you to navigate code and guideline changes, CCI edits, and revisions to modifiers, the fee schedule, OIG target areas, and more.

  • Current newsletters added each month
  • Fully searchable archives - over 4800 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 2003 organized by year and issue
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles

This feature is currently unavailable for online purchase. For more information, please call 801-770-4203 or Contact Us.

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.