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Wed Aug 20

• HCSR Family Physicians Hail Patient Care Benefits; Court Order Overturns Medi-Cal Payment Cuts | TradingMarkets .com 08.20.08: Family physicians today are commending Monday's order by a federal district judge that overturned the State of California 9;s 10% cut in fees to physicians who see the 6.5 million patients covered by the Medi-Cal program. "The judge agreed with our evidence that patients would suffer if the payment cuts were allowed to stand," said Jeffrey Luther, MD, president of the 7,000-member California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP). The physicians learned of the ruling late yesterday.
• Federal Judge Orders Temporary Halt to Medi-Cal Payment Cuts | California Healthline 08.20.08: A U.S. District Court judge in Los Angeles temporarily blocked a 10% cut to Medi-Cal reimbursements for doctors, dentists, pharmacies and other health care providers, the Sacramento Bee reports. Medi-Cal is California 9;s Medicaid program (Yamamura/Sand ers, Sacramento Bee, 8/20).
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• Court rejects California's Medi-Cal cuts: A federal judge has ordered a temporary halt in the state's 10 percent reduction in Medi-Cal reimbursement rates, improving access to care for 6.5 million low-income patients but throwing a new wrench in already difficult budget negotiations.

Tue Aug 19

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Mon Aug 18

• Medicare buoyed by demo success after audits collect $700 million | American Medical News 08.18.08: A limited three-year trial of a new type of Medicare auditor hired to track down overpayments to hospitals, physicians and others restored nearly $700 million to the program's coffers even after paying the contractors� 39; expenses, according to a July report. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which released the report, is preparing to phase in a permanent, nationwide version of the initiative ordered by Congress.
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• http://www.dhh .louisiana.gov /offices/publi cations/pubs-1 05/OAAS-RC-06- 002-ADHC%20Fac t%20Sheet-RI-1 2-28-07%20(for %202008).pdf
• "Budget Impasse Halts Medi-Cal Payments": Medicaid, Ventura County Star (CA), August 17, 2008

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