tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 24

INDUSTRY NOTES: Don't Expect Any Action On Medicare Cuts Until Year's End

Plus:  Abbreciations may shorten your patients' lives.A desire to prevent a cut to your payments in January is "the biggest driver" behind Congress' desire to pass Medicare legislation this year, according to The Hill. The American Medical Association (AMA) will be putting a full-court press on stopping the roughly 4.6 percent cut scheduled for next year. But many in Congress balk at the high cost of stopping another round of pay cuts for your practice, estimated at around $10 billion.You also have to compete with physical therapists, who want Congress to eliminate the annual cap on...

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