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Fee schedule, malpractice amendments proposed

by: CHARLES FIEGL Sep 22, 2009

The Senate Finance Committee has begun work on reviewing chairman Sen. Max Baucus' (D-Mont.) health reform bill. During this "mark up" session, senators will propose amendments to change, improve, add or cut the bill; and, there is no shortage of amendments with more than 500 proposals from the 20 or so senators on the committee.

RACs: 46 states down, 4 to go

by: Julia Kyles Sep 21, 2009

The RAC for Region A has joined the fray with three issues for all 12 states in its jurisdiction.

E/M Outpatient Checklist now available in PBN Library

by: CHARLES FIEGL Sep 17, 2009

You can now download an E/M Outpatient Checklist developed by DecisionHealth Professional Services from the Part B News Library.

Baucus: Permanent SGR fix ‘not really part of health reform'

by: Grant Huang Sep 16, 2009

The final ingredient of the health reform soup was unveiled this morning, in the form of the first official draft version of the Senate Finance Committee's reform bill. Here's the main takeaway: it's got a one-year, 0.5% patch to temporarily stall the 21% cut, but makes no mention of a permanent fix to the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula used to determine your Medicare payments.

CMS collects $39 million in tax levies from providers

by: CHARLES FIEGL Sep 14, 2009

As a follow-up to my story on the Federal Payment Levy Program, CMS and the IRS have collected more than $39 million from Medicare providers since the start of the levy program on Oct. 1, 2008, CMS says. The Medicare agency could not provide numbers showing how many providers have been affected, but it's fair to say it's a lot.

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