tci Part B Insider - 2010 Issue 1

Part B Payment: Ire Toward Medicare Grows With Elimination of Consults, Cuts in Pay for Some Specialties

Plus: Know these facts if you’re considering opting out of Medicare. You might feel like you’re in payment limbo this year, with Medicare vowing to deny all claims featuring the 99241-99255 consult series and slashing pay for some specialties. But some practices and associations are so angry that they’re taking action. The American College of Cardiology (ACC), for example, filed suit against HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius last week, asking a court to rule the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule invalid, according to the ACC’s Web site (www.acc.org). Not only is the ACC frustrated...

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