Docs, therapists to see pay cut but caregivers score in ’25 physician pay rule
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 10, 2024
Doctors, therapists and others billing under the physician fee schedule would see an average 2.93% reduction in Medicare pay next year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed Wednesday.
Also in the News for Wednesday, May 22, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 21, 2024
Senate leaders spark discussion on Medicare physician pay reform with new paper … Geriatric consultation on hospital outcomes in older adults with trauma … Study reveals most affordable online nursing...
Also in the News for Monday, April 15, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 15, 2024
Senate starts work on permanent Medicare physician pay reform, which could hand annual cuts to therapists, others … Many disenrolled from Medicaid due to unwinding remain without insurance … Brain...
Physician 1.7 percent pay fix fails to account for full cuts to therapists, other SNF providers
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 06, 2024
Congressional leaders have agreed to increase physician pay by 1.68% starting next week, but that raise still would not make whole a 3.37% cut initiated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
Primary care gets a pay boost. Skilled nursing providers may pay the price
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 07, 2023
Federal regulators last week finalized a pay rule that will boost payment for an add-on code used by primary care doctors for complex patient care. But observers are warning that providers who care for...
Nursing homes become ‘high-risk,’ owners to be fingerprinted under new doc pay rule proposal
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 08, 2022
Nursing home owners could face heightened background screening requirements under a proposal tucked more than 1,000 pages into a huge new proposed physician pay rule released Thursday.
Cut SNF pay 5%, keep freeze on physicians and therapists, MedPAC says
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 13, 2022
Skilled nursing facilities would take a major pay cut in 2023 if Congress were to adopt draft recommendations proposed by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
‘Unconscionable’ CMS services cuts may hamstring providers, LTC advocates say
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 03, 2020
CMS has finalized its calendar 2021 physician pay rule, which cuts physical and occupational therapy payments for nursing home patients by 9%. Some are questioning the timing of the cuts.
Obama’s proposed Medicare and Medicaid cuts could negatively impact beneficiaries, experts say
Sep 22, 2011
The Obama administration says that proposed reimbursement cuts to Medicare and Medicaid providers shield beneficiaries from access-to-care difficulties, but some experts aren’t so sure.
In test vote, senators reject extending Medicaid assistance to states
Jun 17, 2010
The Senate said “no” in a key test vote Wednesday to a jobs bill that contains nearly $25 billion in additional Medicaid assistance for states. But the chamber still could pass a scaled-down...