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Displaying items by tag: Medicare reimbursement
December 14, 2012
Physician Groups Gear Up to Fight for SGR Repeal
Five major physician lobbying groups expect to push Congress today to avert the upcoming Medicare reimbursement cuts to physicians and repeal the SGR formula altogether, according to a CQ Healthbeat News report.
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Orthopedic & Spine Industry Leaders
The average cost for a 180-day episode of total knee replacement for Medicare patients is $22,611, while that figure is $25,872 for patients with commercial health insurance — a 14 percent difference, according to a report from the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute.
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Billing & Coding
November 23, 2011
What Would Medical Groups Do if the Medicare Pay Cuts Went Through?
Currently, Medicare physician pay cuts of 27.4 percent will go into effect Jan. 1, 2012, unless Congress intervenes, and roughly 9 percent of medical groups would cease treating Medicare patients if the cuts went through, according to an American Medical News report.
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Improving Practice Profits