Medicare backs off plan to pause doctor payments amid shutdown

[lostincalifornia]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said late Wednesday that it was not pausing all Medicare payments to doctors, after a statement earlier in the day stated it would.

Instead, the agency will only wait to process claims that are related to programs that have expired, such as some telehealth or rural services.

The change comes just hours after the agency said it was pausing all Medicare payments to doctors, a move that surprised and worried clinicians, community health centers, and other health care providers.

“In light of the continuing government shutdown, CMS will continue to process and pay held claims in a timely manner with the exception of select claims for services impacted by the expired provisions,” the agency said in an update to its website Wednesday night, adding that no payments had been delayed yet.

https://www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/cms-pauses-medicare-payments-to-doctors-government-shutdown/

[CousinIT]

1. This is Trump or one of his goons doing this (halting payments) ...

... out of PURE MEANNESS. When have Medicare payments ever stopped before in a shutdown?

[valleyrogue]

4. Look to Russell Vought as being the culprit. n/t

[I_UndergroundPanther]

5. I hate vought

And Lenord Leo. And Curtis yarvin.

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

[Emile]

3. Why did they even consider it?

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

6. WIth trumps poor/failing health, he might want to think twice about pissing off the Doc's!