Physician's Payment Update Archives – November 1, 1997

November 1, 1997

• Wake up and smell the coffee; Medicare changes effective in January

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• Congress nixes competitive bid pilot

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• Physician extenders expand practice profits

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• Physician extenders granted more flexibility

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• Don't assume anesthesia is covered

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• Medical necessity test key to avoiding audit problems

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• Study: Medicare pays less for female-specific service

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• Specialist group asks for practice expense changes

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• Medicare fires contractor on computer upgrade

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• HHS awards $1.46 million in fraud and abuse grants

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• HCFA tries bundling payments and negotiating new PSO rates

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• HCFA paves way for workers' comp coverage of transplants

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• 'Point of sale' technology strengthens bottom line

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• 'MedPAC' will replace separate hospital, physician commissions

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• HCFA lags in race to beat millennial clock

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