tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 38

PHYSICIANS: Some Republicans Skeptical Of Forcing Physicians To Jump Through Quality Hoops

Congress plays 'kick the can' with physicians' reimbursements. Physicians could face a 12-percent Medicare cut in 2009 and a 13-percent cut in 2010, if one proposal goes through. The House of Representatives and the Senate have come up with competing proposals for avoiding January's looming 5.1-percent cut to physicians' Medicare payments. But they mostly share the "kick the can down the road" approach to the problem, which would lead to ballooning pay cuts in a few years. At least this time around, legislators are talking about kicking the can a little harder than in recent years. That...

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