tci Part B Insider - 2008 Issue 25

PART B PAYMENT: 2009 Fee Schedule Proposes 5.4 Percent Cut to Medicare Pay

CMS wants comments on the proposal by Aug. 29Lawmakers haven't yet healed the problems with the 2008 fee schedule, but CMS churns forward with proposed cuts that could hurt you in 2009.Under the proposed 2009 Medicare Physician fee schedule (published in the July 7 Federal Register), physicians- pay would drop by 5.4 percent in January. If, however, President Bush signs H.R. 6331 into law, the 5.4 cut proposed for 2009 would be replaced by a 1.1 increase in your pay.Practices that don't want to gamble on H.R. 6331 are contacting CMS in...

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