tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 9

REIMBURSEMENT: Top 10 Payment Changes In The New Deficit Reduction Act

Medicare providers get to start the 2006 claims year all over again.The intense Congressional volley that prolonged the budget reconciliation bill's enactment is over, and the new Deficit Reduction Act's rollout has begun. But providers awaiting their claims adjustment checks could still have a long wait ahead.The DRA's new provisions have many providers breathing a small sigh of relief. The American Academy of Family Physicians applauds the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for agreeing to restore physicians' Medicare payments retroactively, but notes that the tug-of-war between the agency and physicians cannot continue. "[W]e cannot go on...

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