News Alert from ASNM: The American Society of Neurological Monitoring, about the so called Sequestration? and its effect on medicare fee
Possible Sequestration Effects
on IONM Reimbursement
As many of you have seen in the
national news, the automatic legislative sequestration cuts were allowed to take
effect at midnight on March 1. As a result, all healthcare providers, including
Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring providers, may see a cut in their
Medicare reimbursement beginning April 1. This will account for a 2% reduction
in Medicare reimbursement to providers.It is vital that IONM practitioners review any guidance they receive from their Medicare Area Contractors (MAC), consult their MAC website and review their Medicare fee schedules to keep abreast of any reimbursement changes ahead. Also, the national media will be covering these reimbursement changes and whether or not our legislative bodies determine that these potential cuts are finally allowed to proceed.
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