Medicare: Hold Claims for 10 days

Once again, Medicare is asking Nurse Practitioners and other providers to hold our Medicare Claims for 10 days until Congress can prevent a 21% reduction in reimbursement to providers.  We will not know the outcome until after Congress has a chance to reconvene on April 12 and they approve a pay patch.  However, it’s unclear Read More

Insurance, Medicare 2010, Reimbursement delays

Medicare to Hold Payments to Providers

Nurse Practitioners, along with other health care providers can expect to have payments held for “up to the first 10 business days of January”. According to CMS: The President has signed the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2010 which provides for a zero percent (0%) update to the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for Read More

Medicare 2010, Reimbursement delays

Delay in Medicare Cuts

Many independent NP practices are concerned with the proposed changes in Medicare reimbursement. At this time, it stands at -21.2% of the physician allowable. Of course, for NPs and PAs that figure is a bit more.  The good news is the proposed cuts in payment have been delayed until March 1, 2010. In terms of Read More

Insurance, Medicare, Reimbursement delays