Providing Stability and Security for Medicare Reimbursements, 37973 [2010-16128]

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 30, 2010)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 37973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16128]



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Part IV





The President





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Memorandum of June 25, 2010--Providing Stability and Security for 
Medicare Reimbursements


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 125 / Wednesday, June 30, 2010 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Memorandum of June 25, 2010

                
Providing Stability and Security for Medicare 
                Reimbursements

                Memorandum for the Secretary of Health and Human 
                Services

                I have today signed into law H.R. 3962, the 
                ``Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare 
                Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010'', which 
                averts a 21.3 percent reduction in the Medicare 
                physician fee schedule and replaces it with a 2.2 
                percent increase through November 2010. By this 
                memorandum, I request that you immediately take the 
                following steps to minimize any disruption to, or 
                administrative burden on, Medicare physicians and other 
                affected providers and to minimize any disruption in 
                the ability of Medicare beneficiaries to access 
                necessary services:

                (a) Direct the Medicare claims administration 
                contractors to immediately implement the legislative 
                update to the physician fee schedule conversion factor;

                (b) Provide all appropriate resources for the Medicare 
                claims administration contractors to ensure the update 
                is implemented as rapidly as possible;

                (c) Direct the Medicare claims administration 
                contractors to automatically reprocess, to the extent 
                feasible, any claims reflecting the 21.3 percent fee 
                schedule reduction, in order to relieve the 
                administrative burden on physician practices;

                (d) Take all necessary steps, to the extent permitted 
                by law, to protect Medicare beneficiaries from any 
                disruption to their access to services that may be 
                occasioned by the reprocessing of claims; and

                (e) Reopen the 2010 Annual Participation Enrollment 
                Program through July 16, 2010, to allow physicians and 
                other affected providers an additional opportunity to 
                participate in Medicare.

                This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.

                You are hereby authorized and directed to publish this 
                memorandum in the Federal Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, June 25, 2010.

[FR Doc. 2010-16128
Filed 6-29-10; 11:15 am]
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