Following the Senate, the House passed a one-month Medicare physicians fee-fix, averting a 23 percent fee-cut two days before it was due to kick in, according to the Hill.
The action, which President Obama is expected to approve, grants a 2.2 percent update in physician payments. It will be funded by expected savings from a 20 percent reduction in payments for therapy services.
The action gives time for Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to hammer out a 12-month fee-fix before the end of the year.
Read the Hill report on the physician fee-fix.
Read more coverage on the physician fee fix:
- AMA President Responds to WSJ Opinion Piece on Fee-Fix
- GOP Might Tie Cutback of Reform to Physician Fee-Fix
The action, which President Obama is expected to approve, grants a 2.2 percent update in physician payments. It will be funded by expected savings from a 20 percent reduction in payments for therapy services.
The action gives time for Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to hammer out a 12-month fee-fix before the end of the year.
Read the Hill report on the physician fee-fix.
Read more coverage on the physician fee fix:
- AMA President Responds to WSJ Opinion Piece on Fee-Fix
- GOP Might Tie Cutback of Reform to Physician Fee-Fix