tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 27

LEGISLATION: Annual Pay Cuts Could Be A Thing Of The Past

But specialties may face their own spending targets.Every year, physicians face a nail-biting cliff-hanger, with a massive pay cut hanging over their heads through December--or even January--until Congress steps in for another year.But Congress may finally be ready to break the abusive cycle of proposed cuts and last-minute fixes. A June 28 memo from four leading House Democrats to their Democratic colleagues proposes to move forward with ambitious health legislation when Congress returns from its July recess. Agenda: This bill would boost payments to rural providers. But it also would put an end to the yearly grind...

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