tci Part B Insider - 2006 Issue 7

Non-Participating Physicians Should Contact Carriers For Adjustments

The carriers processed Medicare claims at the new 2006 fee schedule level within a few days after President Bush signed the Deficit Reduction Act, which turned the 4.4 percent physician pay cut into a pay freeze. Here's what you need to know to collect everything you're entitled to."We were able to keep to a minimum the number of claims that have to be reprocessed," a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services official told a Feb. 16 physician open door forum. You helped out by holding your own claims until after the law went through, he noted...

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