Medicare 2% Sequestration Adjustment
Medicare sequestration: the program payment (allowed minus patient responsibility), the sequestration withhold at the current percentage, and the net Medicare check.
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Example
- Allowed amount
- 100 $
- Patient responsibility
- 20 $
- Sequestration percentage
- 2
Result: Program payment $80.00; 2% sequestration withholds $1.60; net Medicare check $78.40.
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What you enter
- Allowed amount
- Patient responsibility (deductible/coinsurance)
- Sequestration percentage (default 2)
How this is calculated
Budget Control Act of 2011 (Pub. L. 112-25), 251A: the Medicare 2% payment reduction applied to the program-payment portion after deductible and coinsurance, never to the allowed amount or the patient cost-share. Read the source ↗
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