Congress Postpones Massive Medicare Pay Cut
By: Justin Vaughn, CPC, M.Div
Director of Compliance

According to the Associated Press (AP), the US House of Representatives has, today, followed the lead of the Senate in providing a one-month “fix” to the planned cut in Medicare physician fee schedule payments that was due to begin December 1.  The proposed legislation, which the president is expected to sign without delay, will push back the 23% reduction in physician reimbursement to January 1.

While we are thankful for this last-minute reprieve, Medac continues to urge our friends in the healthcare industry to press Congress for a long-term solution to this continuing source of concern.  The ASA website provides some helpful guidance in contacting your elected officials. 

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