DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2010 Issue 11 (November)

Economic uncertainty makes Medicare fix uncertain, MGMA head says

R. James Rohack, AMA past-president, second from right, makes a point while MGMA President William Jessee, center, listens (photo by Tonya Nevin)
Anyone who thinks it's an absolute certainty that Congress will step in and stop the pay cuts coming this December and January is "smoking funny weed," Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) president William Jessee, MD, said at a media lunch during the group's recent conference in New Orleans. You've been on a roller coaster of payment cuts, freezes and minor increases for years, with Congress stepping in at the last minute to save the day. But this time around, a disenfranchised electorate, poor economic conditions and a $330 billion cost makes the fix less certain, Jessee believes.

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