tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 42

White House Supports Physician Pay Increase

Many observers have worried that the Bush Administration would throw up roadblocks in the way of rescuing physicians from the 4.4 percent cut scheduled for January. But Mark McClellan, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, told Congress that the White House backs a fix to the 2006 and 2007 payments. At a hearing of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, McClellan said the White House would support a $20 billion fix to your payments--but only if it comes with a pay for performance (P4P) program that rewards doctors for efficiency. The White House has...

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