Modern Healthcare: The CMS jumped out of the gate in 2015 with a spate of fines for noncompliant Medicare Advantage and Part D plans, but that pace didn't hold up for the rest of the year.
In 2015, the CMS issued $4.72 million in civil monetary penalties to insurers that offer private Medicare and prescription drug plans, down from the $4.93 million in fines imposed in 2014. The CMS has used fines and the more serious enrollment sanctions in recent years to crack down on plans that don't follow Medicare's coverage rules.
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