New Year Brings the End of Medicare Consultation Payments
Big changes have arrived with the New Year, thanks to the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services. CMS implemented a new rule
on Jan. 1, 2010, for Medicare, eliminating the use of inpatient and
outpatient consultation codes and requiring the use of new and
established inpatient and outpatient visit codes in [...]
This past week Congress acted to avert the 21.2% Medicare physician payment cut and on December 19, the President signed into law the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill (H.R. 3326) which will stop the cuts until March 1, 2010. Other changes reflected in the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule will still take effect [...]
CongressDaily – Both Chambers Look To Move Medicare Physician Fix Soon.
In a surprise move, physicians will get a Senate vote as early as next week on a Medicare payment fix that helps them avoid massive cuts as House Democratic leaders work to set up that chamber’s own separate vote on a payment solution.
The Senate move [...]
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