Sequestration Cuts Postponed to 2022
SPECIAL ALERT: Sequestration Cuts Postponed to 2022 April 19, 2021 On Friday, April 16, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the two-percent sequestration cut in Medicare fee for service (FFS) payments to providers, scheduled to commence April 1, 2021, has officially been pushed back to January 1, 2022. A recent Medicare Learning Network (MLN) article provided some background on the sequestration implementation schedule. It stated, in pertinent part: The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security…