tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 39

WASHINGTON UPDATE: Now Is The Time To Call Your Member of Congress

White House threatens to veto Senate Medicare billYou have one chance left to avoid a 4.4-percent cut to your practice's Medicare reimbursement next year. At press time, the Senate was expected to pass a budget package that includes a 1-percent increase to your payments by the end of last week. Meanwhile, the House of Representatives will pass a budget package that leaves the 4.4-percent cut to physician payments intact. Capitol Hill insiders tell PBI that the House decided to avoid addressing Medicare payments as part of the House budget package. That means House bills that would have...

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