tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 35
PHYSICIAN NOTES: Senate Stymied On Medicare Payment Fixes
Keep sending your cancer patients to federally approved clinical trials Saving your Medicare payments from cuts of 15 percent over two years is an expensive proposition. The Senate may not have the political will for it, unless you keep up the pressure, say observers. The latest: The Senate Finance Committee met Oct. 17 to discuss ways to pay for a fix to your 2008 and 2009 payment rates, says Congressional Quarterly. But the meeting couldn't come up with the $20 billion in cuts needed to rescue physicians. Democrats want to finance your pay hike by cutting payments to Medicare...
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