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In
this issue
MGMA releases proposed 2010 Medicare physician fee
schedule analysis, available only to members
The
Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has completed its analysis of
the 2010 Medicare physician fee schedule and is making it available only to
members at mgma.com . The proposed fee schedule includes provisions that
would, among other things:
- Significantly
alter the practice expense relative value units for many covered
services
- Increase the
equipment usage assumption for equipment costing more than $1 million
- Shift
responsibility from the patient to the Medicare program for
co-payments for covered outpatient mental health services
- Add a group
practice reporting option to both the Physician Quality Reporting
Initiative and the E-Prescribing Incentive Program
- Begin
implementation of the congressionally-mandated requirement that
suppliers of advanced diagnostic imaging services become accredited
Member-only
MGMA proposed 2010 Medicare physician fee schedule analysis.
Revised House health care reform bill introduced
Three House
of Representative majority chairmen from committees with jurisdiction over
health care issues released revised
legislation to address health care reform and a section-by-section
analysis. Legislators introduced a draft version of this bill on
June 19; the revised version reflects policy changes made after legislative
hearings in late June. If enacted into law the bill would:
- Establish a
national health insurance exchange
- Mandate individual
coverage and employer contributions to health insurance coverage
- Create a
public-option insurance plan
- Rebase the
accumulated debt created by Medicare’s flawed physician payment policy
- Set 2010
physician payment to the Medicare Economic Index
- Establish
two new expenditure targets in 2011, one for primary and preventive
health services and the other for all other providers
MGMA
will continue to analyze the legislation’s affect on medical group
practices. Find updates in this newsletter, including how you can get
involved in grassroots advocacy.
New Medicare interest rate released
Effective
July 17, the interest rate for Medicare overpayments and underpayments will
increase to 11.25 percent, a .25 percent increase. The Department of
Treasury and the Department of Health and Human Services made this announcement
on July 10, its fourth notification for fiscal year 2009.
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July
17, 2009
Member Resources
Health Care Reform Resource Center
Medicare Provider Enrollment Toolkit
Red Flags Rule Resource Center
Recovery Audit Contractors Resource Center
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