
To Pay for a Doc Fix, Focus on Post-Acute Care
In a rare display of bipartisanship, key committees of both houses of Congress are backing legislation that would permanently erase the sustainable growth-rate formula, a poorly thought out payment reform measure that for more than a decade dictated sharp cuts in Medicare physician pay.
In a rare display of bipartisanship, key committees of both houses of Congress are backing legislation that would permanently erase the
The usual fix is for Congress to temporarily freeze physician pay for a few months or years. So far, that's cost $150 billion and left physicians facing a nearly 24% pay cut when the latest fix expires, which is March 31.
To pay for its fixes, Congress usually included an across-the-board cut in hospitals' future
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Source: Modern Healthcare
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