tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 8

Medicare: FY 2003 FUNDING FINAL AT LAST

Congress tweaked some administration recommendations in the fiscal year 2003 omnibus appropriations bill. But President Bush signed the bill Feb. 20, albeit with some grumbling about the amount of spending that doesn’t reflect his priorities. At the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Congress trimmed funding for research and demonstration programs — many of which are conducted at the legislature’s request — but didn’t trim as severely as the White House had wanted. The administration requested that funding be cut from $117 million to $28 million, but Congress funded CMS research at $74 million, higher than...

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