{"id":53,"date":"2015-09-22T10:19:31","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T14:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eagleassociates.net\/news\/?p=53"},"modified":"2015-09-30T10:48:32","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T14:48:32","slug":"cms-fraud-waste-and-abuse-training-requirement-for-medicare-advantage-participants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eagleassociates.net\/news\/2015\/09\/cms-fraud-waste-and-abuse-training-requirement-for-medicare-advantage-participants\/","title":{"rendered":"CMS Fraud, Waste and Abuse Training Requirement for Medicare Advantage Participants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medicare Advantage organizations are required to ensure that \u201cfirst tier, downstream and related entities\u201d complete CMS general compliance and fraud, waste and abuse (FWA) training.\u00a0 Practices are considered to be downstream entities of Medicare Advantage organizations, and the CMS training module must be provided as written, without modification, to all employees of a downstream entity.<\/p>\n

The memo from CMS states:<\/p>\n

First tier, downstream and related entities and their employees can complete the general compliance and\/or FWA training modules located on the CMS Medicare Learning Network (MLN).\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To minimize the burden on downstream entities, CMS permits the standardized training modules (from its website) to be incorporated into an organization\u2019s existing compliance training materials or training systems, as long as the CMS training content is not modified (to ensure the integrity and completeness of the training).<\/p>\n

To provide a convenience to our subscribers, we will provide the CMS general compliance and fraud, waste and abuse training (without modification) in the November 2015 Compliance Training module (and online E-Compliance Training module).<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are not a subscriber, or prefer to access the CMS training module directly, you may locate it at:<\/p>\n