MGMA To Brooks-LaSure: Address Potential Rebilling Turmoil

A leading medical practice group wrote to CMS Administrator Chiquita-Brooks LaSure Thursday (Jan. 11) asking how physicians could manage the rebilling process without incurring civil monetary penalties if Congress retroactively increases their reimbursement. With an end to the ongoing congressional turmoil still unclear, Medicare’s 3.7% conversion factor cuts are already impacting providers, the Medical Group Management Association warned, and a potential retroactive fix will take time to sort out. “As it now stands, services provided on or after Jan. 1,...