<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509575116893557697</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:33:27 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Movva Medical Consulting</title><description>We aspire to help you with the many practical considerations vital to the success of establishing and operating ancillary services. From the first handshake, Movva Medical Consulting will be there to guide you every step of the way. We are able to help you analyze and develop new business opportunities within your GI practice.&#xa;&#xa;Visit our website at http://www.MovvaMed.com</description><link>http://movvamed.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Movva Medical Consulting)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509575116893557697.post-286795035047684026</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-20T15:19:39.829-06:00</atom:updated><title>Medicare 27.4% doctor pay cut set for 2012 unless Congress acts</title><description>&lt;h6 class=&quot;uiStreamMessage&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1}&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;Medicare 27.4% doctor pay cut set for 2012 unless Congress acts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;h6 class=&quot;uiStreamMessage&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1}&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;CMS says its hands are tied on the pay formula but agrees to scale back  additional pay reductions planned for interpreting imaging scans.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;h6 class=&quot;uiStreamMessage&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1}&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The proposed fee schedule that was released earlier this year had  projected a 29.5% cut in 2012 as mandated by a budgetary mechanism  called the sustainable growth rate formula, but CMS revised the figure  to 27.4% in the final rule. Despite the change, the fee schedule will  serve as a stark reminder to Congress that there is a crisis in the  Medicare program that only lawmakers can stop, said American Medical  Association President Peter W. 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