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AAA Issues Material on CMS Release of Medicare Payment Data

AAA Issues Material on CMS Release of Medicare Payment Data By Brian S. Werfel, Esq. On April 9, 2014, CMS publicly released the “Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data: Physician and Other Supplier Public Use File”, which provides information on Medicare’s payments to physicians, ambulance suppliers and other health care professionals.  The payment database contains

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PROTECTING ACCESS TO MEDICARE ACT OF 2014

“PROTECTING ACCESS TO MEDICARE ACT OF 2014”   On April 1, 2014, President Obama signed into law the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014.  The law prevents a scheduled payment reduction for physicians and certain other provider groups that was otherwise scheduled to go into effect on April 1, 2014.  The extension of the

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Very important information about Palmetto GBA-Railroad Medicare- Widespread Review of Ambulance Services: Fourth Quarter of FY 2013

http://www.palmettogba.com/palmetto/providers.nsf/ls/Railroad%20Medicare~8CZM4C8676?opendocument&utm_source=RRBL&utm_campaign=RRBLs&utm_medium=email

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Call to Action

October 21, 2013 AAA CALL TO ACTION TO: AAA Membership FROM: Jimmy Johnson AAA President RE: Write Your Senators about Cosponsoring Medicare Ambulance Relief Bill Please write your two Senators to request they cosponsor the Medicare Ambulance Access Act of 2013 (S. 1405). This legislation would extend for five years the current temporary Medicare ambulance

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"Our revenue from patient billing has far exceeded expectations.  This is not possible without the great working relationship we enjoy with your organization.  From the initial information gathered by our field staff, to the synchronization of the information in our office, to the oversight, to the work performed by your staff; it has all come together to make this a record year for LCEMS."
Earl "Buddy" Fry, Executive Director,
Lawrence County EMS