Monday, June 30, 2008

With Medicare Pay Hold, Claims Backlog Will Build Up

In an effort to buy Congress time to avert a cut in Medicare payments to doctors, the feds said today they’re going to place holds on doctors’ Medicare claims from July 1-15.
That’s actually not such a revolutionary move: By law, under normal circumstances, electronic claims sent in to Medicare aren’t allowed to be paid for [...]

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