tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 39

PHYSICIANS: Calls To Legislators May Save Physician Payments

Medicare pay cut more likely in the wake of Katrina and Rita.Physicians that don't want take a pay cut of nearly 5 percent next year should make that fact known to the feds. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is still predicting a drop of 4.3 percent in Medicare payments next year, and the chances of avoiding this disaster have gotten slimmer. With the costs of cleaning up after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita mounting up, Congress is looking to cut Medicare--not add money to it.Capitol Hill insiders tell MLR that the Katrina aftermath has pushed...

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