August 2010 MMS Client Alert
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August 2010 MMS Client Alert
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Category: Medical News
New Medicare Rates with Comparison Analysis
The new Medicare Rates have been published and are available on the Medicare Web Site. Below is a link to a sampling of the top E+M Codes you most commonly use to compare the three different rates we have been paid for these codes this year, 2010, by Medicare. If you are interested in receiving [...]
Where are the Medicare Payments?
Our Medical Billers at Medical Management Strategies, LLC, (MMS) have been in contact with Medicare daily and as of today, July 2, 2010, we have the following to report. We have been told by the Medicare Customer Service Department, that June Dates of Service Claims began being processed, yesterday, July 1, 2010. Many of our clients [...]
Congress stops the 21% reduction in Medicare fees
The President Signs the Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010 — 2.2 Percent Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update for June 1, 2010, Through November 30, 2010
On June 25, 2010, President Obama signed into law the “Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act [...]
Congress continues debate on Medicare physician payments; cut still in effect
Despite action by the Senate late last week, the House of Representatives still has not scheduled a vote for legislation addressing the 21.3 percent cut to Medicare physician payments that has been in effect since June 1. As a result of Congress’ inability to address these cuts, Medicare contractors were authorized last Friday to begin processing held [...]
Senate unable to pass 6-month Medicare payment provision; CMS to now begin processing held claims at -21.3%
The Senate was unable to pass the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (H.R. 4213) late Thursday night, despite reducing the length of the Medicare physician payment provision from 19 months to 6 months in order to reduce the overall cost of the bill. The legislation includes a provision calling for a 2.2 percent [...]
CMS extends Medicare claims processing hold through June 17
This morning the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the following announcement:
The Continuing Extension Act of 2010, enacted on April 15, 2010, extended the zero percent (0%) update to the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) through May 31, 2010. At this time, Congress is debating the elimination of the negative update that took [...]
Medicare update on 21% payment cut on June 1
Congress has not yet passed legislation to stop the 21% Medicare payment cut due on June 1. Medicare has announced a 10 business day hold on claims with dates of service June 1 forward, if Congress does not pass new legislation by June 1 to delay the 21% payment cut. The House is currently working [...]
Update on Medicare Fee Schedule
The Medicare Fee Schedule is changing again. This change has nothing to do with the 21% decrease we have been discussing which is still up in the air and needs to be decided by June 1, 2010 or we will be in a Medicare holding pattern for 10 business days again. This new change is [...]
Status of Medicare Fee Schedule Beginning June 1
As a new June 1 deadline looms for Congressional action, Congress has yet to take action to prevent the 21% reduction in Medicare payments. Again, we are all faced with these uncertain times of how will we be paid for services provided to the Medicare patient. It is hard to imagine that Congress will not [...]
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