tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 7

Physicians: FEE SCHEDULE HEADACHES ABOUND

This summer, Medicare carriers will be doling out checks to physicians whose January and February claims get snagged by the new fee schedule, but it’ll hardly count as Christmas in July. In a deal hammered out late in the evening of Feb. 10, House and Senate negotiators agreed to ditch the 4.4-percent cut in the physician fee schedule. In fact, the deal they struck will increase the payment rate by 1.6 percent. While Capitol Hill and physicians nationwide were trying to figure out a fix, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services was trying to figure...

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