CMS Proposes Medicare Compliance Changes

The proposed rule will be subject to a 60-day comment period, officials say.

The CMS announced the proposed rule as members of the House Ways and Means Committee health subcommittee prepared to gather Tuesday for a hearing on Medicare Advantage fee-for-service plans.

The New York Times recently drew lawmakers’ attention to private FFS plans by publishing a front-page article about marketing problems involving private Medicare FFS plans and, in some cases, the more common private Medicare managed care plans.

Some critics of private Medicare plans have been calling for Congress to shift some federal Medicare Advantage program funding into health insurance programs for children and for low-income adults.