Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

Industry Notes:

Proposed 'Doc Fix' Could See Congressional Vote

If you were anxious that you’ll face a 21 percent reimbursement cut on April 1 if Congress doesn’t vote to override it, there is hope for now. You stand to not only get a reprieve to the cut, legislators aim to fix the Medicare payment formula instead of continuing to offer temporary fixes to the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) issue. Background: [...]
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