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Fee Schedule Update: Expect 2-Month Medicare Payment Reprieve



SGR formula fix is key.You won't face a 27 percent Medicare pay cut beginning Jan. 1 after all -- at least not for two months. That's because the rate reduction was once again kicked to the curb by Congress, resulting in a Medicare Physician fee schedule conversion factor of $34.0376 through Feb. 29.On Dec. 23, the House followed the Senate's [...]

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