Physician Compensation
New Commission Formed to Analyze Physician Payments
The National Commission on Physician Payment Reform has been established by the Society of General Internal Medicine to make recommendations about physician payments. The commission will meet over the next year to look at how doctors are paid, and to analyze how accountable care organizations, medical homes and other arrangements will affect healthcare financing. The… Read More »
Medicare Physician Payment Freeze Now to Occur May 31
The Continuing Extension Act of 2010 has been signed into law, extending through May 31, 2010, the zero percent update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule that was in effect for claims with dates of service January 1, 2010 through March 31, 2010. The law is retroactive to April 1, 2010. Effective immediately, claims with… Read More »
