Health CareAnalysis
The Boehner-Pelosi deal to replace Medicare’s physician payment system has been unveiled. As Congress awaits the Congressional Budget Office’s assessment of the budgetary impact of… Read More
Health CareCommentary
On Friday night, House leaders released details of a proposal that would increase spending on doctors paid through Medicare (called the doc fix). Based on… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Why are Republicans cutting a deal with Nancy Pelosi to throw an extra $400 billion onto the national debt and calling it entitlement reform? This… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Unless Congress can find a way around it, come April 1, Medicare physicians will suffer a 21 percent payment reduction. Congress is scrambling to head… Read More
Health CareNews
The latest debate on Capitol Hill has created an unlikely alliance between the House’s most powerful Democratic and Republican lawmakers, and it centers on a… Read More
Health CareNews
Specific details of a plan to replace how Medicare doctors are paid has yet to be released. But, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The House Republican congressional leadership is poised to announce a major “deal” with House Democrats on repealing the troublesome “Sustainable Growth Rate” (SGR) formula for… Read More
Health CareNews
Conservative lawmakers today expressed their dismay toward a deal forged between the House’s Republican and Democratic leaders that would replace a long-criticized formula determining the… Read More
Health CareNews
House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi find themselves in an unlikely alliance this week as they prepare to roll out a plan… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Doctors in their day-to-day practice already face a mound of federal regulations. Now, starting Oct. 1, doctors will face a new unfunded mandate as they… Read More
