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SGR Update: Agreement Reached on Extension of SGR Fix
Reports from Capitol Hill this morning indicate that Senate leaders have reached agreement on a six-month extension of a fix for the Medicare physician payment rate.
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CMS Instructs Medicare Contractors to Hold Claims through June 17
The AMA reports that the following message from CMS indicates that the Medicare contractors have been instructed to hold claims for services provided in June for an additional three business […]
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“Stop The Medicare Meltdown” Petition Campaign Being Extended
The NCMS and other state medical societies were asked this week to continue seeking signatures for the Stop the Medicare Meltdown petition led by the Texas Medical Association (TMA). The campaign would be extended through the August Congressional recess, as lawmakers continue to apply only temporary fixes to delay the scheduled cuts to Medicare physician payments.
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Physicians Considering Whether to Opt-Out of Medicare
Asked if they have any plans to opt-out of accepting Medicare patients, a recent informal online survey of NCMS members found that 51.6% of respondents said “maybe,” while 11% said […]
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Physicians Foundation: Doctors and Patients Need Long-Term Medicare Solutions
The Physicians Foundation, a national healthcare organization representing physician interests, expressed its frustration this week that Congress missed the deadline to address a proposed 21 percent Medicare cut, which took […]
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Ad Campaign Calls for Senators to Fix Medicare Now
The AMA has launched a broadcast and print ad campaign that calls on the U.S. Senate to fix the sustainable growth rate used to determine Medicare physician payments. The ads […]
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Breaking News: House Passes Amended Version HR 4213
This afternoon, the U.S. House passed an amended version of HR 4213 – “The American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010” that includes SGR provisions.
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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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