The HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) called out sky-high spending on pricey skin substitutes and voiced concerns about potential waste, fraud, and abuse in a report released earlier this ...
Medicare spending on “skin substitutes” made of dried placenta has soared as doctors pocket lucrative discounts from sellers. Credit...Photo illustration by The New York Times Supported by By Sarah ...
On July 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule, ...
Medicare’s recent experience with skin substitutes demonstrates why the accountable care movement is important to stopping waste, fraud, and abuse. In this instance, ACOs identified wound care abuses ...