Obama Signs Medicare SGR Reform Act of 2013, Stops Physician Pay Cut for 3 Months President Obama last week signed into law the Pathway for Medicare SGR Reform Act of 2013, preventing a scheduled 24% Medicare physician payment cut from taking effect on January 1, 2014. January 6, 2014 Medicare, News Medicare physician pay cut, Pathway for Medicare SGR Reform Act, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
How to Protect Yourself Under the Physician Payment Sunshine Act Four easy steps physicians can take to ensure accuracy of data reported under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. January 3, 2014 Physician Resource Physician Payments Sunshine Act, Sunshine Act 0 0 Comment Read More »
Noridian to Send Out Medicare Revalidation Requests As called for under the Affordable Care Act, Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) have been requiring physicians to revalidate their Medicare enrollments. Noridian, MAC for California, will send out the next round of revalidations requests by December 30, 2013. December 24, 2013 Health Care Reform, Medicare MAC, Medicare Administrative Contractor, Noridian 0 0 Comment Read More »
Congress Approves Three-Month Medicare Payment Update Until SGR Fix Is Completed Congress has adopted a 0.5% update to Medicare payments for three months, following a bipartisan vote of 64 to 36 in the Senate. The president is expected to sign the legislation on December 20. December 23, 2013 Advocacy, Medicare, Payment Sustainable Growth Rate, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
Unsuccessful Electronic Prescribers Face 2% Cuts in 2014 Physicians and group practices who were not successful electronic prescribers under the 2012 or 2013 Medicare eRx Incentive Program will be subject to a negative payment adjustment of 2% in 2014 on all Medicare Part B claims paid under the physician fee schedule. December 19, 2013 e prescribing, Medicare, Payment e-prescribing, eRx, 2014 medicare payment adjustment, Medicare 0 0 Comment Read More »
