The House voted 383 to 41 to override the veto, while the Senate voted 70 to 26, in both cases far more than the two-thirds necessary to block the president’s action.
With organized medicine and other lobbies promoting the popular measure in an election year, Republicans broke heavily from the White House. A total…
medicare payment UPDATE
Today the president vetoed the Medicare Improvement Act for Patients and Providers (H.R. 6331). The House of Representatives must now schedule a new vote to override the veto, followed by a similar vote in the Senate. A two-thirds majority in each chamber must support a veto override for it to succeed.
Please …
The proposed 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule also deals with proposed changes to the reassignment rules related to diagnostic tests, sometimes referred to as the Anti-Markup Provisions. The discussion of the proposed rules, which occupies pages 237 through 260 of the Federal Register publication, which pages are attached at the link below, discusses the …
Medicare is proposing that all physician practices providing diagnostic testing must enroll as independent diagnostic testing facilities effective as of September 30, 2009. A copy of the comments on the proposal is attached.
This proposal would make physician practices subject to the performance standards for independent diagnostic testing facilities. This will …
The AP (7/11) reports, "President Bush intends to block a bill protecting doctors from a cut in their Medicare pay, even though Congress has enough votes to override his veto, a White House spokesman indicated on Thursday." The President opposes "reduce[d] spending on private…
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The Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services posted the proposed 2009 Medicare Fee Schedule Rule on July 7, 2008. The link to those rules was provided in an earlier Medlaw Blog post.
The proposals include numerous items, but I would like to highlight the following:
1. Proposed changes to the Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF
enrollment requirements; …
Congress
Clash on Preventing Cut to Doctor Payments
Centers on How to Pay for Medicare Bill
By ANNA WILDE MATHEWS
July 7, 2008
Before Congress took the July 4th week off, a partisan standoff in the Senate blocked a bill that would prevent a cut in doctors’ Medicare fees. When members return to Capitol Hill…
On June 30, 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted at the Office of Federal Register its Proposed 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule. The rule is scheduled to be published in the July…
The Questions and Answers below apply to the recent decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services to hold for up to 10 business days claims paid under the Medicare physician fee schedule (MPFS) that contain July 2008 dates of service.
Q1. Will claims containing services paid under the MPFS be held that …
