tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 29

INDUSTRY NOTES: Revised SCHIP Legislation Could Affect Medicare Payments

Plus: More than a third of doctors don't support the PQRI.Lawmakers have made some changes to their State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) legislation, and it could end up hurting you. The new revision, called the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act, "would increase tobacco taxes and cut Medicare payments to private Medicare Advantage (MA) plans," reports the Kaiser Network. The bill would also reverse the cut in Medicare payments to providers and even provide "a modest increase in fees," reports the Kaiser Network. Additional provisions in the legislation include a simplified Medicare-application process and a...

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