{"id":1296,"date":"2012-06-12T13:36:27","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T13:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcodersblog.com\/?p=1296"},"modified":"2025-05-21T08:11:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T08:11:35","slug":"the-growing-emphasis-on-medicare-specific-medical-billing-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcoders.com\/blog\/the-growing-emphasis-on-medicare-specific-medical-billing-services\/","title":{"rendered":"The Growing Emphasis on Medicare-Specific Medical Billing Services"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medicare, which continues to remain as the nation\u2019s largest public health insurance scheme covering nearly half the United States\u2019 population in its health insurance ambit, has gone through considerable reforms over the years. In fact, the evolution of Medicare can be defined as:<\/p>\n

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  1. Phase-I when it actually used to reimburse physicians the actual cost of medical services<\/li>\n
  2. Phase- II when it introduced Fee Schedule formula to marginally discount the reimbursements<\/li>\n
  3. Now when it is linking reimbursements to the level of Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) adopted by physicians<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    While the Federal Government believes that Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) will complement its endeavor to curb the sky-rocketing Medicare expenditure, which has already overshot the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) by nearly 25%, the response from the physician community has been a mixed one.<\/p>\n