Physicians React to Congress' Plan to Cut Medicare Payments by 2.5% in 2023 Medicare physicians will face a 2.5% payment cut in 2023, under the year-end omnibus legislation unveiled this week by Congress. A vote is expected by Friday to avoid a government shutdown. December 22, 2022 California Legislation, Federal Legislation, Legislation, Medicare, Practice Management, RCMA, RCMA/CMA, Resources, Riverside County Community medicare, medicare cuts 2023, RCMA Medicare Update, riverside county medical association 0 0 Comment Read More »
Nondiscrimination Statement Posting Physicians who provide services to Medicare or Medi-Cal patients must comply with new nondiscrimination posting requirements effective October 16th. October 31, 2016 Medi-Cal, Medicare, Practice Management, Resources Languages, Medical, Medicare, Nondiscrimination Posting 0 0 Comment Read More »
Why it’s important to verify your patients' eligibility and benefits for 2016 With the new year soon upon us, physicians are urged to be diligent in verifying patients' eligibility and benefits to ensure they will be paid for services rendered. The beginning of a new year means calendar year deductibles and visit frequency limitations reset. With open enrollment there may also be changes to patients’ benefit plans, or patients may even be covered by a new payor. January 4, 2016 Health Care Reform, Resources Covered California, deductible, eligibility, enrollment, Medicare, practice managment 0 0 Comment Read More »
RCMA/CMA Works with CMS to Mitigate Medicare ICD-10 Disruptions With implementation of the ICD-10 code set just around the corner, many physicians have been understandably wary about the transition and the potential for payment disruptions and claims processing errors that could interfere with patient care. Fortunately, the California Medical Association (CMA) – working closely with the American Medical Association (AMA) and other medical associations – has secured provisions that will ease this transition, particularly for physicians in practices with limited resources. July 10, 2015 ICD-10, Medicare, Resources Grace Period, ICD-10, CMS, Medicare 0 0 Comment Read More »
It's Finally Over! The Medicare SGR is Dead! Last night the Senate approved H.R. 2: The Medicare SGR Reform and the Children’s Health Insurance Reauthorization Act which repeals Medicare’s sustainable growth rate formula, hours before double-digit payment cuts to physicians were set to take effect. The bill has been sent to the White House where President Obama is expected to sign it into law. April 15, 2015 Federal Legislation, Legislation, Medicare, Resources Boxer, H.R.2., Repeal, SGR, AMA, CMA, Cuts, Feinstein, Medicare, RCMA 0 0 Comment Read More »
House Landslide Vote to Pass SGR Today, RCMA/CMA congratulates the U.S. House of Representatives for passing monumental Medicare reform and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) extension, and urgently asks their colleagues in the Senate to do the same before spring recess. The 392-37 vote clearly shows that now is the time to make Medicare reform a reality. March 26, 2015 Federal Legislation, Legislation Congress, House, Senate, SGR, Federal, Legislation, Medicare 0 0 Comment Read More »
Meaningful Use Relief Additional relief for eligible providers participating in the meaningful use program has arrived in two forms – expanded payment adjustment exemptions and extended assistance. April 30, 2014 Health Information Technology (HIT), Resources EHR, Meaningful Use, Medicare 0 0 Comment Read More »
Legislation To Repeal SGR Unveiled The Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans unveiled draft legislation that would repeal the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula and replace it with a new system for determining Medicare physician payments. June 13, 2013 Federal Legislation, Legislation, Medicare, Resources Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans, legislation, Medicare, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
Medicare reimbursement for physicians will be cut by 2 percent on April 1 With no solution on the horizon to the budgetary woes in Congress, physicians should prepare for a 2 percent reduction in reimbursement from the Medicare program beginning on April 1. March 22, 2013 Federal Legislation, Legislation, Medicare, Resources Congress, Medicaid, Medi-Cal, Medicare, Sequestration 0 0 Comment Read More »
Coordinated Care Initiative Executive Summary Passage of the Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI) in July 2012 marks an important step toward transforming California's Medi-Cal (Medicaid) care delivery system to better serve the state’s low-income seniors and persons with disabilities. Building upon many years of stakeholder discussions, the CCI begins the process of integrating delivery of medical, behavioral, and long-term care services and also provides a road map to integrate Medicare and Medi-Cal for people in both programs, called “dual eligible” beneficiaries. January 25, 2013 Medi-Cal, Resources ACA, CCI, Dual Elligibles, LTSS, Medi-Cal, Medicare 0 0 Comment Read More »
