May 17, 2012

Newsflash for Providers Considering Medicare Enrollment

May 17, 2012 Effective May 14, 2012, CMS has updated its enrollment process for Medicare providers. Providers and suppliers can now submit their enrollment applications 30 days sooner. CMS-855 enrollment applications and Internet-based PECOS applications may now be submitted 60 days prior to the effective date. This new policy does NOT apply to the following […]

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Proposed Bill to Permanently Repeal SGR Formula & The Threat To Medicare Physician Payments

May 16, 2012 On May 9, 2012, a bipartisan bill was introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives that would permanently repeal the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula. The SGR formula was adopted by Congress in 1997 with the intention of preventing Medicare spending on physicians from exceeding the overall growth of the economy. Every

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