As reported in Managed Care Matters, Alaska’s Sen Ted Stevens (R) engineered a two year $53 Million test by increasing the Medicare provider reimbursements that ended 12/31/2005. The purpose of the program was to see if increasing the provider reimbursement would motivate providers to accept more patients. It appears the program has come to...
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The Great Alaskan Provider Payment Ends
CMS Launches FFS Medicare Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey
Another result of the MMA 2003 is the Medicare Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey. CMS is going to measure how good a job the 42 contractors paying over $280 Billion in claims a year are doing… “The MCPSS will query 25,000 randomly selected providers (e.g., physicians, suppliers, healthcare practitioners, and institutional providers), a statistically valid...
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Delay In The Implementation Of The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
According to a December 30, 2005 CMS press release, The delay in the implementation of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 will delay the following changes among many others: As required under current law, claims for physicians’ services on or after January 1 will be paid with the -4.4 percent reduction from 2005 levels....
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