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Late News: New hope for SGR repeal | Lowered cost estimate could finally motivate a fix
By Jessica Zigmond | February 16, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Momentum is building among House leaders to draft and introduce legislation this year that would repeal Medicare's troublesome sustainable growth-rate formula used to pay physicians, but upcoming budget battles could thwart those efforts.
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Budget fights could hinder action on SGR repeal
By Jessica Zigmond | February 15, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Momentum is building among House leaders to draft and introduce legislation this year that would repeal Medicare's troublesome sustainable growth-rate formula used to pay physicians, but upcoming budget battles could thwart those efforts.
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Slower growth in forecast | CBO sees decelerating healthcare spending
By Melanie Evans | February 09, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Federal healthcare spending on Medicare and Medicaid will grow slower than previously believed over the next decade, making it a lot cheaper to restore physician pay to current levels.
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More cliffs ahead | Providers brace for additional budgetary and regulatory challenges emanating from Washington
By Rich Daly and Jessica Zigmond | January 12, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
This year was anticipated as the final dash toward the 2014 rollout of the healthcare reform law's major provisions. But the healthcare industry is also coming to the realization that 2013 will probably be remembered for more fiscal fights and deep federal cuts.
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Late News: MedPAC backs pay hike | Proposal would restore cuts in spending deal
By Rich Daly | January 12, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The panel that provides Congress with Medicare guidance sought to shield providers from looming payment cuts.
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Late News: Seventeen states get OK to run health exchanges
By Rich Daly | January 05, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
With eight new plans approved, 17 states in all have received a tentative nod from the CMS to operate their own health insurance exchanges while two more will offer the insurance marketplaces with federal help. HHS provided conditional approval for seven more states—California, Hawaii, Idaho,...
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A tradition of 'kick the can' | Repeated SGR fixes succeeded in capping doc pay
By Andis Robeznieks | December 22, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
If something happens three times, some folks call that a trend. If it happens again and again over 10 years, it's a tradition—and not all traditions are good.
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Modern Physician
Estimated cost of SGR patch surges
By Andis Robeznieks | November 21, 2012
Calculated to include the final 2013 CMS physician fee schedule, a new Congressional Budget Office estimate says that the cost of a one-year suspension of the scheduled 26.5% Medicare pay cut to physicians called for by the sustainable growth-rate formula has risen by more than 36%.
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Healthcare looms large as debt-reduction target in CBO analysis
By Rich Daly | November 09, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Federal healthcare programs were prominent targets in a new Congressional Budget Office analysis of debt-reduction options for policymakers expected to tackle that issue soon.
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Legislation proposes changes to CBO scoring rules on preventive health
By Jaimy Lee | September 23, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Reps. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) and Donna Christensen (D-Virgin Islands) introduced legislation that would change how the Congressional Budget Office looks at budget savings from wellness programs.
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