Healthcare happenings: MPFS rate increases from -10.6% to 0.5% due to Congress override of Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act
The mid-year 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rate of -10.6% has been replaced with a 0.5% update, retroactive to July 1, 2008, according to a July 16 CMS fact sheet.
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