Update from PalmettoGBA regarding the Medicare Claim Payment Issue and the 2010 Physician Fee Schedule

On May 27, 2010, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) initially instructed contractors to hold claims for services paid under the MPFS for the first 10 business days of June. On June 14, CMS extended this hold for an additional three business days (i.e., through June 17, 2010).

This hold only affected MPFS claims with dates of service of June 1, 2010 and later. CMS has directed contractors to lift the hold and begin processing June 1 and later MPFS claims under the law's negative update requirement. Held claims will be released and processed on a flow basis, first-in/first-out. Congress continues to debate the elimination of the negative update that took effect June 1, 2010.

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