tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2014 Issue 5
SGR Cliff Postponed With Another Patch Through The End of the Year
Implementation Of ICD-10 And Two Midnight Rule Audit Action Both Delayed Several payment related deadlines changed on April Fool’s Day, and you will want to know the new deadlines for several ED relevant provisions. In a disappointment to physician practices, the expected actual fix to the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula that threatens significant pay cuts every year did not occur. At the last minute, Congress did pass another temporary patch to avert the 24% Medicare pay cuts and tacked on several other provisions that the AMA and others had requested. President Obama signed the Protecting Access...
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