Court Nixes CMS’s Negligence Standard for Applying False Claims Act Liability for Failure to Report and Return Overpayments

In what has become widely known as the “60-day rule,” the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that Medicare and Medicaid overpayments be reported and returned within the later of the date which is 60 days after the date on which the overpayment was “identified” or the date any corresponding cost report is due.