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tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 30
PHYSICIANS: Democrats Push For Sweeping Medicare Changes
'Whole hospital' exemption could be on the chopping block.The CHAMP Act, currently facing a vote in the House, features a grab bag of Medicare proposals that showcase Democrats' Medicare priorities, and could become law soon: · Beneficiaries wouldn't have to pay 20-percent copayments or deductibles for current or future preventive benefits. The bill also specifies that colorectal cancer screening tests never count towards the patient's deductible--even if your physician finds something, removes some tissue or reaches a diagnosis. · Physicians would no longer be able to own a stake in a specialty hospital and refer patients to it...
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