According to instructions from the ...

According to instructions from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) the deadline for physicians to record as participating or nonparticipating physicians in Medicare has been fill outed to Feb. 28. To view your Medicare participation options, journey online to www.aafp.org/mcareoptions.xml. To view the instructions Medicare issued to its carriers, advance online to cms.hhs.gov/manuals/pm_trans/ab02181.pdf. The Medicare reimbursement sculpture of 4.4 percent for 2003 will take validity March 1. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and other medical organizations are urging Congres to retract or contract the payment cut, but it is unknown at this time whether Congres will take of the like kind action.

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