tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 6

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The only thing standing between you and deep Medicare cuts may be your congressional representatives, and even that barrier may disappear by 2014.That's the year the Independent Payment Advisory Board would replace the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. The presidentially appointed 15-member IPAB, called "Super MedPAC" by some, will recommend cuts in Medicare payment rates.The difference: If Congress doesn't vote either for or against IPAB's recommended cuts, the cuts would take effect.In recent years, MedPAC has recommended steeper pay cuts than Congress has imposed. In an IPAB era, those steeper cuts could hit providers instead.Unless: Rep...

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