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Stop Wondering: Congress Freezes Medicare Pay at 2012 Rates

Published on Tue Jan 29, 2013

However, don’t assume your HPSA bonus will continue. As many practices are aware, medical offices nationwide were waiting to find out whether legislators halted a 26.5 percent pay cut that the 2013 Fee Schedule predicted, which would have brought the 2013 conversion factor down to $25.0008. In addition, practices were facing a two percent across-the-board sequestration cut that was set [...]
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