On June 25, 2010, President Obama signed into law the “Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010.” This law establishes a 2.2 percent update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) payment rates retroactive from June 1 through November 30, 2010. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
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By KEVIN FREKING THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – To help Americans become smarter health care shoppers, Medicare this month started publishing a range of what it pays for 30 common procedures and report how frequently hospitals perform them. The release of the information fits with the Bush administration’s strategy of moving more people into...
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Nearly 150 members of the House Democratic Caucus have sent a letter to CMS Administrator Mark McClellan urging him to take additional steps to enroll low-income beneficiaries in the Medicare prescription drug benefit, CQ HealthBeat reports. The letter asks CMS to take several steps, including working with the Social Security Administration to identify low-income...
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Since December of 2005 we have been holding weekly Part D Providers conference calls to address issues physicians and other health care providers were having with Part D. We have seen a gradual decline in the participation on those calls and this past week, we only had one question on the call. To that...
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New Jersey’s two U.S. senators on Monday called for the federal government to extend the May 15 deadline for senior citizens to enroll in the new Medicare prescription drug program, commonly called “Part D.” Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, both Democrat, said many senior citizens remain confused about the program and different...
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CMS has released the 2007 MA/MAPD Call letter. Download it here.
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