The organizations wrote in the letter that failure to extend the policies — including geographic adjustments on physician fees, improvements to the hospital wage index, allowing independent labs to bill Medicare directly and bonus payments to ambulance services, among other provisions — would limit access to Medicare beneficiaries in under-served areas.
Read the AHA News Now report on expiring Medicare policies.
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