CMS Will Hold Some Claims If SGR Cuts Go Into Effect

CMS Will Hold Some Claims If SGR Cuts Go Into Effect-insidehealthpolicy: CMS announced Friday (March 28) that it plans to hold claims affected by the flawed Medicare physician payment formula for 10 business days if a patch or fix is not passed to avoid the Sustainable Growth Rate cuts by midnight Monday. "CMS is hopeful that there will be congressional action to prevent the negative update from taking effect on April 1, 2014," the announcement says.