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More Names Added in Drive to “Stop the Medicare Meltdown”
Several thousand more signatures were added this week to the petition asking Congress to “Stop the Medicare Meltdown.” The NCMS and other state medical societies have joined the Texas Medical […]
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CMS Holding Conference Calls on RAC Programs
The AMA has informed the NCMS that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting several conference calls on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) programs.
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Have You Asked Congress to Fix Medicare?
Thousands of names continue to be added to the “Stop the Medicare Meltdown” petition campaign, led by the Texas Medical Association (TMA). All state medical societies, including the NCMS, are urging physicians to talk with their patients, patient family members, staff and others and urge them to sign the petition that calls for Congress to fix the sustainable growth rate (SGR) Medicare physician payment formula.
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Campaign to Avoid “Medicare Meltdown” Gains Momentum
More signatures are being added daily to a petition that will ask Congress for a permanent fix to the sustainable growth rate (SGR) to avoid a “Medicare Meltdown.” As of Thursday, nearly 47,000 names from across the country had been added to the petition.
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21% Medicare Rate Cuts Temporarily Delayed
President Obama has signed H.R. 4851, the Continuing Extension Act of 2010, into law reinstating Medicare physician payments to where they were on March 31 and again postponing the 21.3 percent cut that was supposed to take effect in 2010.
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Analysis: Health System Reform Impact on NC Medicaid Program
The NCMS has started preliminary studies of how the health system reforms signed into law last month will impact North Carolina’s Medicaid program. Upon initial review the new legislation will bring over half of the state’s uninsured population in to the Medicaid program, expanding enrollment to approximately 2.4 million individuals by 2014.
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NCMS EVP/CEO Shares His View of Medicare on the Radio
On Monday, NCMS EVP, CEO Robert Seligson, talked with Lockwood Phillips, host of the Viewpoints talk radio program that airs on WTKF-WJNC, which serve the Morehead City and Jacksonville areas regarding the Medicare cuts and SGR. Click through to hear the full program.
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Critical Access Behavioral Health Agency (CABHA) Update
On Wednesday, April 14, 2010, the North Carolina Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services received an update from the Department of Health and […]
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CMS Changes Fee-For-Service Filing Deadline
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed into law by President Obama last month changes the deadlines to file Medicare fee-for-service claims. Claims must now be filed within one […]
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Medicare Rates Plummet as Congress Fails to Act
Medicare claims hold expires On April 1, the second short-term reprieve from a 21.3 percent Medicare physician payment cut that was scheduled to take effect in 2010 expired, after the […]
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