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Medicare backs off plan to pause doctor payments

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said late last night that it was not pausing all Medicare payments to doctors, after a statement hours earlier had asserted that 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.

For background: The agency had said yesterday it was pausing all Medicare payments to doctors as negotiations tied to the government shutdown drag on, a move that s