Medicare Part B

New draft legislation would extend therapy caps exceptions process

February 12, 2010

Senate Finance Committee leaders Thursday issued a draft of a jobs-creation bill. The legislation would extend the Medicare Part B therapy caps exceptions process and delay through Sept. 30 an impending 21% cut in payments for Medicare physicians.

Snowstorm in capital sidelines discussions on therapy caps, Medicare physician pay cut

February 11, 2010

A snowstorm that pummeled the East Coast this week has delayed the Senate's consideration of a jobs bill that would extend the Medicare Part B therapy caps exceptions process and prevent a pay cut for Medicare physicians, according to reports from Washington.

Need grows for therapy caps resolution

Liza Berger February 05, 2010

My how things change. Just a month ago a healthcare reform bill seemed en route to passage. Now its very existence is in question and, by extension, some key long-term care services are too.

Letter urges Congress to extend therapy caps exceptions process

January 28, 2010

A coalition of 32 healthcare-related organizations, including the two major nursing home organizations, is imploring lawmakers to immediately reinstate the exceptions process for Medicare Part B outpatient therapy caps.

OIG: Medicare pays too much for nutrient therapy in nursing homes

January 12, 2010

Medicare's fee schedule for enteral nutrients under Medicare Part B was more than double the prices available to suppliers to nursing homes in 2006, according to a newly released report from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General.

Extension of therapy caps exceptions process hinges on healthcare reform passage

Liza Berger January 08, 2010

Whether or not you are a fan of healthcare reform, here's one reason Congress should pass it: It would extend the therapy caps exceptions process.

Therapy caps exceptions process still set to expire by year's end

November 30, 2009

Unless Congress takes action to extend it, the exceptions process for Medicare Part B therapy caps will expire Dec. 31.

Medicare Part A deductible to rise by $32 in 2010

October 21, 2009

The Medicare Part A deductible will increase by $32 in 2010 to $1,100, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Medicare Part B premium freeze put on ice

October 12, 2009

A measure that would prevent a cut to Social Security payments failed in the Senate. As a result, rising Medicare Part B premiums are expected to adversely affect 27% of Medicare beneficiaries.