REIMBURSEMENT: AMA Rejects Quality-Improvement, P4P Programs
Time is running out for fix to 5.1-percent cut.The American Medical Association's (AMA) $1.5-million advertising campaign to stop Medicare pay cuts for doctors may have backfired, the Chicago Tribune reports.The AMA has angered influential Republicans by running advertisements targeting vulnerable GOP incumbents, at a time when the Republican party is fighting to keep control over Congress, the Tribune says. Meanwhile, at press time, Congress was scheduled to go into recess at the end of September, with few signs of progress on legislation to halt next year's 5.1-percent cut and with similar cuts scheduled for...
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