Medicare Physicians Get Another Temporary Pay Cut Reprieve

While Medicare physicians could still be facing a 21.2 percent pay cut, they aren't facing it right now.

According to an article in McKnight's Long-Term Care News, the government has ordered that claims submitted on or after April 1 be held for an additional 10 days, until Congress returns from recess.

The pending physician pay cut was not covered in the recently passed healthcare reform law. However, there is legislation under debate in Congress that would have further delayed the pay cut - problem is, lawmakers adjourned for April recess before it could be passed.

This is the second time that Congress has delayed the physician pay cut.