tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 9

Reimbursement: PHYSICIANS EKE OUT INCREASE IN FEE SCHEDULE FIX

The fruit of intensive lobbying by physician groups on Capitol Hill took formal shape Feb. 26, as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services unveiled its Medicare payment rule for physicians. This rule reflects the physician fee schedule fix that groups like the American Medical Association have been clamoring for, and turns the planned 4.4 percent pay cut into a 1.6 percent increase. “The action CMS is taking today will ensure that the doctors who treat Medicare patients will see an increase in the payments they get for those services, rather than the reduction previously anticipated...

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