The Senate voted 78-19 late Tuesday evening to pass H.R. 4691, the Temporary Extension Act of 2010, which included provisions to extend 2009 Medicare physician payment rates through the end of the month. As a result, the 21% payment cut that took effect on March 1 has been postponed until April 1.
After President Obama signed into law the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 on Tuesday, CMS announced it would stop its ten-day hold on physicians’ Medicare claims.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) is launching a Physician Hotline for physicians and their practices to call when faced with ongoing problems related to billing, claims, coverage determinations, credentialing, and other issues that aren’t getting resolved.
The debate over health system reform took a more partisan turn this week when President Obama called for Congress to take an up or down vote on the health care reform bill.
