April 2010

Contributed by Albert Lee & Katherine Koop

alee@tuckerlaw.com, kkoop@tuckerlaw.com

Graduating from medical school, joining a practice and staying until retirement rarely happens these days. (Although nationwide physician turnover rates have been on the decline, from 6.7% in 2006 to 6.1% in 2008, some estimate that 40% of newly practicing physicians leave their initial practice …

Medicare Explains Timely Filing Requirements for Medicare Fee-For-Service Claims

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which amended the time period for filing Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) claims as one of many provisions aimed at curbing fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare program.   

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All are invited to join a White House Conference Call on Health Insurance reform today, Thursday April 1 at 5:00PM EST. Call 800-230-1951 (a phone number for the AT&T teleconference service) a few minutes prior to the scheduled time and ask the operator for the "Health Care Call." Thank you to Lynn Sweet, columnist and…

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