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08/03/2009

Lawmakers in both houses of Congress are moving forward again on crafting a comprehensive health reform bill, but all versions of the legislation include either long-term cuts to Medicare payments or cost-containment measures, Part B News has learned. It's not clear how future cuts would interact with the scheduled 21.5% pay cut for 2010, because the new draft legislation hasn't been released yet.

08/03/2009

Your current carrier or Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) is almost guaranteed to intensify its own auditing process using the same targets chosen by your recovery audit contractor (RAC) when the permanent program begins, CMS and experts say.

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