| Subject: | Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers of 2008 Enacted on July 15, 2008 |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Thu, 17 Jul 2008 - 12:00 pm |
| The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced steps it is taking to implement certain Medicare provisions in the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008. On Tuesday, July 15, Congress voted to override the President's veto of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (H.R. 6331). As a result, the mid-year 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) rate of -10.6 percent has been replaced with a 0.5 percent update, retroactive to... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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