ACTION NEEDED NOW TO REVERSE 4.4% MEDICARE CUT
CAL/AAEM News Service
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Tue Jan 31 22:13:20 PST 2006
ACTION NEEDED NOW TO REVERSE 4.4% MEDICARE CUT
Source: AAEM (http://www.aaem.org)
Date: January 31, 2006
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to act as early as
Wednesday, February 1st, to halt the 4.4% percent Medicare physician
pay cut that took effect January 1. Barring any changes in the
legislation, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has agreed
to retroactively adjust claims to compensate physicians for the 4.4%
cut after the one-year freeze is signed into law. Physicians will not
have to resubmit claims.
We can not consider this a done deal. AAEM strongly urges its members
to call their representatives and let him or her know that the cut in
Medicare physician payments will hurt patients and must be halted now.
ACTION REQUIRED:
CALL your Representative TODAY. Urge him/her to stop these cuts for
the reminder of 2006. Since it is unlikely that you will be able to
talk to your Representative directly, ask for the Legislative Assistant
dealing with the Medicare cuts. Telephone numbers and talking points
can be found on AAEMs Legislative Action Center by visiting:
http://capwiz.com/aaem/home/
Please do not delay!
Kathleen A. Ream
Director, Government Affairs
American Academy of Emergency Medicine
E-mail: aaemgov at aol.com
Cyrus Shahpar & Brian Potts
Managing Editors, CAL/AAEM News Service
University of California, Irvine
The CAL/AAEM Archives are available at: http://maillists.uci.edu/mailman/public/calaaem/
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