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The feds are going to help the poor physicians who could not bill due to the cyberattack on UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare, the nation's largest processor of healthcare claims. CMS will encourage insurers to remove or relax requirements that slow billings, such as prior authorization. They are also encouraging private health plans to provide advance funding to those who are the most affected organizations, not individuals. Thank you for nothing.
The house has passed a bill that would cut the present 3.34% decrease in physician Medicare payments that started 1/1/24 to a 1.69% haircut effective 3/9.
The ever political California Attorney General has said he wants a legislation passed that prohibits medical providers and any contracted collection agency from notifying credit reporting agencies. They will do anything for votes. Top
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