CMS Finalizes Standard for Identifying Overpayments and Grace Period for Investigations of Related Overpayments

As part of its 2025 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (PFS Rule), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized two crucial updates to federal Medicare overpayments regulations (sometimes referred to as the “60-Day Rule”) that (1) align the standard for when an overpayment is identified with the applicable standard under the False Claims Act (FCA), and (2) give health care providers up to 180 days to conduct good faith investigations to determine the existence of related...
By: Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis