CMS wants comments on the proposal by Aug. 29
While lawmakers attempt to heal the problems with the 2008 fee schedule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services churns forward with proposed cuts that could hurt health providers 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 pay.
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