BIPARTISAN HOUSE VOTE TO REPEAL THE SGR – 0.5% PHYSICIAN INCREASE EACH YEAR THROUGH 2019 — EXTENSION OF THE 1.0 WORK GPCI FLOOR THROUGH 2017 – NO ICD-10 DELAY

Senate to Vote When It Returns – CMS Issues Payment Advisory

The House of Representatives took what the House of Medicine rightfully can call a historic

.05% PHYSICIAN INCREASE EACH YEAR THROUGH 2019

EXTENSION OF THE 1.0 WORK GPCI FLOOR THROUGH 2017

NO ICD-10 DELAY
Senate to Vote When It Returns – CMS Issues Payment Advisory

The House of Representatives took what the House of Medicine rightfully can call a historic vote late in the evening of March 26 to really,

Just a quick note that on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 (not an April Fool’s joke), President Obama signed H.R. 4302, which was passed by the Senate on Monday. This law, in addition to providing another 12-month patch to the S.G.R. formula for Medicare payments for physicians, delays implementation of ICD-10 until at least October 1,

Many of us are currently experiencing March Madness – NCAA tournament, brackets, Cinderellas, etc.  Many in healthcare unfortunately may experience “October Chaos,” as the compliance deadline for the nationwide conversion to the ICD-10 family of diagnostic and procedural codes is set for October 1, 2014.  Marilyn Tavenner, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare