Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
In what will come as no surprise to anyone, Congress will eliminate the pending cut in Medicare physician reimbursement. Not only that, but docs who agree to report certain data to CMS will actually get a 1.5% increase in reimbursement … Continue reading Medicare reimbursement’s downstream impact
Read More...Medicare will increase payments to physicians by 2.6% in 2006. While this will likely not lead to a line out the door at the Bentley dealerships, it will impact other health care payers whose reimbursement is tied to Medicare – … Continue reading Medicare reimbursement to MDs to increase
Read More...CMS, the federal agency that oversees Medicare, announced yesterday that it will be increasing payments to physicians across the board effective 1/1/05. The increase will directly affect Worker Comp fee schedules, which (in large part) are based on Medicare’s fee … Continue reading Changes in Medicare reimbursement will increase WC physician payments in 2005
Read More...It isn’t possible to exaggerate the implications of the changes to Medicare’s provider fee schedule. When Medicare shifts its weight, the foundations of workers comp move – a lot. Here’s why. First, around a third of provider reimbursement is governmental – … Continue reading What Medicare’s reimbursement changes mean for work comp
Read More...It looks like Congress may well include a two-year fix for Medicare physician reimbursement in a sort-of catch-all bill focused on extending the payroll tax cut. At least that’s the way it looks this morning. The Medicare SGR formula/process was … Continue reading Medicare physician reimbursement – a two year fix?
Read More...Last night the Senate passed a bill postponing the cut for Medicare physician reimbursement that was scheduled to take effect at the end of this year. When signed by President Obama, the 13 month fix will freeze Medicare physician fees … Continue reading The fix is in – for Medicare physician reimbursement…for now
Read More...Yesterday the Senate voted to prevent implemtation of the pending 23% cut in Medicare’s physician reimbursement – until December 31. The House will likely do the same. Then, unless congress passes a bill that fixes – or postpones another cut … Continue reading Medicare physician reimbursement – the can gets kicked again
Read More...The Wall Street Journal has an excellent report on the key step in determining Medicare physician reimbursement. Here’s the intro: “Three times a year, 29 doctors gather around a table in a hotel meeting room. Their job is an unusual … Continue reading How Medicare changes physician reimbursement
Read More...Yesterday the House passed legislation increasing Medicare physician reimbursement till November 30, when it is slated to drop by 23%. Then, barely a month later, physicians will see another cut which will cut their pay by another seven points. The … Continue reading Medicare physician reimbursement increase passes
Read More...With the Senate’s passage of a bill preventing cuts to Medicare physician reimbursement for another six months, we’re only waiting on the House’s action to boot the problem further down the road, where it can grow, and fester and frustrate … Continue reading The Medicare physician reimbursement ‘fix’
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