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Learn More »CMS will temporarily suspend the processing of Medicare claims related to physician and non-physician practitioner services to delay implementation of a 10.6 percent payment cut scheduled to go into effect July 1, the agency announced June 27. According to CMS, “by holding claims for health care services that are delivered on or after July 1, CMS will not be making any payments on the 10.6 percent reduction until July 15, at the earliest.
CMS took its action after the Senate on June 26, 2008, blocked a vote on Medicare legislation that was passed by the House of Representatives two days earlier. The bill (H. 6331) would have amended titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.
Action on the bill in the Senate is not expected until after the July 4th holiday. CMS is considering additional actions to address other expiring Medicare and Medicaid provisions. CCH Washington Bureau, June 30, 2008.
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