Shutdown Slows Claims, Blocks Telehealth; Plan Now, Alert Patients
Member Daniel Cody shared insights with Part B News about the federal government shutdown and its potential impact on Medicare providers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued little guidance for providers related to the implications of the shutdown.
“Notwithstanding the provider industry’s eagerness to get more detailed guidance from CMS, the realistic side of me thinks that, given the fact that certainly many HHS and CMS employees have been furloughed, I think it’s probably unlikely that we’re going to get additional written guidance, at least in the short term,” Dan says.
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