Congress to Consider Repeal of Medicare Payments Advisory Board
Just what physicians need is another group to oversee whether payments to doctors will be slashed. The good news is that you may not have to face such a group going forward, if a new bill is approved.
As part of the Affordable Care Act, President Obama created the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), a 15-member government agency that had the power to change Medicare policy. Also referred to as a "Super PAC," the IPAB was considered a stronger version of the Medicare PaymentAdvisory Commission (MedPAC), which makes recommendations...
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