Feds call for 10-day delay of Medicare payment cuts
MINNEAPOLIS, June 30, 2008—In the wake of the failure of the U.S. Senate to pass H.R. 6331, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued an administrative order to stop the promised 10.6 percent Medicare physician reimbursement cut for 10 days.
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AMA lambastes "myths of H.R. 6331"
MINNEAPOLIS, June 30, 2008—The American Medical Association released a statement laying bare some of the misleading assumptions about the effects on Medicare Advantage by H.R. 6331.
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AMA: 'H.R. 6631 not just for physicians'
MINNEAPOLIS, June 30, 2008—The Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services has announced it will give Congress 10 more days, until July 10, to do something about the Medicare reimbursement mess.
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AMA expresses 'outrage' at Medicare vote
MINNEAPOLIS, June 27, 2008—The American Medical Association released a statement in the wake of the failure of the U.S. Senate by a single vote to pass H.R. 6331.
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Call Now! Senate to Vote on Medicare Cut
MINNEAPOLIS, June 25, 2008 - The MMA sent out an Action Alert! Wednesday in advance of an expected Senate vote on a bill that would stop a 10.6 percent Medicare cut and include a 1.1 percent payment increase.
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AMA demands passage of S. 6331
MINNEAPOLIS. June 25, 2008—Nancy Nielsen, M.D. , newly elected president of the American Medical Association, has called on the U.S. Senate to take action this week to pass H.R. 6331, The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, passed Tuesday by the House of Representatives.
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MMA sends Action Alert! about looming Medicare payment cut
MINNEAPOLIS, June 12, 2008 - The MMA sent an Action Alert! to its members Tuesday urging them to contact Senators Norm Coleman and Amy Klobuchar and ask them to stop the drastic cut that goes into effect July 1 by supporting the bill, S. 3101.
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