Bill gives providers more time to repay loans.
If you’ve put COVID-19 payment recoupment on your fall to-do list, you may have some more time.
Backtrack: Last spring, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded its Accelerated and Advance Payment (AAP) program to assist providers dealing with COVID-19. From the outset, the agency offered very strict guidelines for paying the loans back when the payments were first disbursed, setting the recoupment start date at 120 days from issuance (see Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement, Vol. 46, No. 8).
Now: On Sept. 22, the House of Representatives approved...
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