CMS Holds Physician Claims For 10 Days in April

The Senate bill extending the Medicare 21% Physician pay cut till October, 2010 was not acted upon by the House and as a result the Physician pay cut is scheduled to take effect April 1, 2010. Since Congress left for a two-week recess without taking further action, CMS has stepped in by holding claims on or after April 1 for the first 10 business days buying physicians more time. If Congress does not act by April 15, CMS will start processing claims.