At a time when more baby boomers are becoming eligible for Medicare than ever before, doctors may not be available to see them under this plan. It won’t matter if you have coverage if you don’t have a physician that is available to you. On January 1, 2010, hidden cuts were made to Medicare by [...]
When you hear that the ball is going to drop this time of year, you would automatically think of Time Square and the Tiffany ball dropping to denote the start of next year. Hopefully the ball doesn’t drop on our healthcare. As you know we are on count down for Medicare as well. You have [...]
February 14 is the day that The CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) designated as the deadline to for doctors to drop out of Medicare participation. Customarily, doctors had to decide on becoming a nonparticipating physician by the end of the year. One thing to recognize, however, is that eliminating the participation in the [...]
We’ve come to the time when Medicare rate slashing would be activated. Once again, however, the “Doc Fix” has come into play. The 23% cut to Medicare reimbursement for doctors has been postponed by a unanimous vote in the Senate….but only for one month from December 1 to January 1. The 2.2% raise stipulated in [...]
