February 2010: In November 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2000, a bill that blocks a 21.2 percent physician-payment cut. Specifically, the bill would amend the Social Security Act to reform the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rates (SGR) payment system for physicians. The…
On February 5, 2010 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rescinded Change Request(CR) 6375, Transmittal 1873, dated December 11, 2009. The rescinded CR contained instructions regarding place of service (POS) and date of service (DOS) for the professional component (i.e. interpretation) and technical component of diagnostic tests. The…
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida dismissed a lawsuit filed by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) against the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The suit was based on the DHHS’s cuts to Medicare reimbursements for cardiology services. The ACC requested the court to…