DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2010 Issue 1 (January)

Temporary pay fix signed into law; some practices face geographic cut

The 21.29% cut to your payments has been delayed until March 1, 2010 but more than half of all geographic areas in the United States still face a decrease in payments before then. Congress passed a two-month pay fix with the hope legislators will draft a permanent fix by March 1 (PBN 12/21/09). The temporary fix, signed into law by President Barack Obama Dec. 19, prevents the the cut from taking effect until Feb. 28. However, the minimum work geographic practice cost indices (GPCIs) floor of 1.000 expired Jan. 1.

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