Congress raises Medicare payments by 2.2% thru November 30th....21% cut averted.
The House voted late tonight (June 24th) to adopt a Senate-passed Medicare physician pay increase of 2.2% through November 30th, 2010, temporarily reversing the 21% cut Medicare contractors began applying to claims earlier this week.
It is unknown at this time how the unpaid claims will be processed until CMS provides carriers with direction. When this has been determined, it will be posted.
Unfortunately this fix is just until November 30,2010, which means on December 1st, we may see a 23% decrease in the fee schedule.
A note of interest is that the House voted 417-1 to pass the measure after the Senate confirmed it unanimously. The person voting against it was Democrat Congressman George Miller of California - hope you never get sick, George!
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