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tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 33
PHYSICIAN NOTES: You May Have To Fight The Managed Care Lobby To Avoid Massive Cuts
Heads up: More managed-care patients on the wayNow's the time to call your Senator. The Senate Finance Committee is working on legislation that would put a stop to your 10-percent pay cut, slated for Jan. 1. The draft bill would pay for the cuts entirely through cuts to payments for Medicare Advantage plans--which means the bill could run into some pretty stiff opposition from powerful lobbying groups, say Capitol Hill insiders.MA plans are a favorite target amongst lawmakers after the controversy over unethical marketing by so-called private fee-for-service plans (see next column). But -this is not a slash...
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