If the Senate takes action before leaving town, “it sends a very strong signal to CMS to essentially hold those claims for about a week or so until the House can come back and hopefully approve the Senate action,” Pollack said Tuesday.
The hospital lobby has been pushing heavily for an extension on the cuts, which were part of a 2012 deal to offset deficits and cut most Medicare payments to providers by 2%. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act suspended the cuts as providers grappled with pandemic-induced financial strains.
