Medicare Reverses Decision on Pausing Doctor Payments Amid Shutdown
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has backed off a plan to pause Medicare payments to doctors amid the government shutdown.
CMS initially stated that it would pause all Medicare payments to physicians, but later reversed this decision, announcing that it would only delay processing claims related to expired programs, such as certain telehealth or rural services.
CMS has reversed its earlier statement indicating that it would pause all Medicare payments to physicians.
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Author's summary: Medicare payments to doctors will continue amid shutdown.