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Government Shutdown:

Medicare Keeps Rolling Despite Shutdown

Published on Mon Oct 28, 2013

Your MACs will continue processing payments, enrollment, CMS says. Whether you were worried that the government shutdowns would mean halted Medicare payments or you were thrilled at the thought that the OIG would be ceasing operations, you’d be incorrect in both cases. Although the government shutdown will affect scores of federal operations nationwide, Medicare payments won’t be impacted. Although many [...]
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