CMS 2010 Physician Fee Cuts Delayed

The U.S. Senate approved a $636 billion military appropriations bill on Dec. 19, 2010 delaying the cuts in the Medicare physician fees until March 2010. The bill includes a provision that delayed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to reduce Medicare physician payments by 21.2 percent. Physician payments are frozen at 2009 levels through Feb. 28, 2010.