Medicare doctors’ fees to be delayed
The Bush administration will delay paying doctors for treating Medicare patients at least until July 15 to give Congress more time to block a scheduled 10.6% fee cut.
The move by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services doesn’t block the cut, scheduled to take effect today. Only Congress can do that.
But the agency will delay processing Medicare claims for healthcare services given during the first 10 business days of the month. Congress returns next week, but the issue is mired in a dispute between Democrats and Republicans.
Doctors complain that Medicare payments fail to cover rising costs.
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