tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 37

PHYSICIAN NOTES: 2009 Could Bring A 15-Percent Decrease In Your Reimbursement

You get a little more breathing room on NPI requirementsCongress continues to fight over the details of how to save your practice from a 10.1-percent pay cut, while time runs out. The Senate Finance Committee held a closed meeting Nov. 7 to discuss ways to avoid cutting your payments. Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-MT) wants a $30 billion package that avoids 2008's 10.1-percent cut and 2009's 5-percent cut. But ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-IA) still wants just a one-year suspension, which would leave you facing a 15-percent cut in 2009.The committee considered cutting payments to Medicare...

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