JUST RELEASED: MLN Matters Article #SE1023 - Provisions in the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released MLN Matters Special Edition Article #SE1023 to summarize certain provisions contained in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA, signed into law on March 23, 2010, includes a number of provisions designed to help physicians. Some of those changes are reflected in the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), CMS-1503-P. (CMS is accepting comments on the proposed rule until August 24, 2010, and will respond to them in a final rule to be issued on or about November 1, 2010, that sets forth the policies and payment rates effective for services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries on or after January 1, 2011.) For more details, please read the article at http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE1023.pdf <http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE1023.pdf> on the CMS website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- Note: If you have problems accessing any hyperlink in this message, please copy and paste the URL into your Internet browser. If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listserv, go to (http://www.cms.gov/prospmedicarefeesvcpmtgen/downloads/Provider_Listser vs.pdf). If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX <https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX> ) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. Please DO NOT respond to this email. This email is a service of CMS and routed through an electronic mail server to communicate Medicare policy and operational changes and/or updates. Responses to this email are not routed to CMS personnel. Inquiries may be sent by going to (http://www.cms.gov/ContactCMS <http://www.cms.gov/ContactCMS> ). Thank you.
