Practice Management Alert

Rejoice along with the AMA now that you have a full year fix.Although the government appeared poised to take a big bite out of your next Medicare payments, you can breath a sigh of relief for another year. For 2011 you won't need to worry about losing pay. That's because the 23 percent Medicare pay cuts that practices have feared since January were once again kicked to the curb by Congress.You won't face the same nail-biting payment woes in 2011 as you did this year, thanks to a Senate Finance Committee bill that will freeze Medicare pay at current levels for another 12 months.The House of Representatives passed the Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010 on Dec. 9 and the Senate voted on it the day before, moving it to President Obama's desk for signature as Medical Office Billing & Collections Alert went to press. The bill will eliminate [...]