tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 14

Reimbursement: CMS Backs Off Million-Claim Take-Back Plan

Physicians Won't Have to Pay for Medicare's MistakesJust in time for Independence Day, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services granted physicians freedom from a raft of adjustments to claims paid out at the start of the year. Because CMS delayed the start of the 2003 Physician Fee Schedule from Jan. 1 to March 1, it paid the wrong amounts for some claims. Physicians who billed after March 1 for services performed in January and February received either overpayments or underpayments for some claims. The carriers incorrectly paid millions of claims for the first two months of...

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