DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2010 Issue 2 (February)

Practices report difficulties collecting $155 deductible for services

Patients are experiencing sticker shock when confronted with paying the new Medicare deductible, several of your peers tell Part B News. CMS raised the deductible to $155 this year, a 14.8% increase from $135 in 2009 (PBN 1/4/10). Thirty-five percent of your peers say more patients have had trouble paying the deductible this year compared to last year, according to an unscientific Part B News survey.

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