Saturday, April, 14, 2012
Prescribing in an Epidemic...
"Fight the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic:
What's a Physician to Do?"… Read More
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NewsCongress - Doc fix deal...Congress passes fee fix, avoids 27% physician pay cut - Providers are safe from the impending 27.4% cut to their Medicare payments set to hit March 1 thanks to Congress passing a temporary ‘doc fix’ through the end of 2012. The vote to keep the current $34.0376 conversion rate through Dec. 31 comes on the heels of intense debate among Congress members as to whether preventing the pay cut was fiscally sound. The $150 billion bill failed to include deeper cuts requested by GOP Congress members but remained largely budget neutral. Congress originally approved a two-month fix that was set to expire Feb. 29. Once signed into law, the new fee fix will be good through Dec. 31.… Read More Published 02/22/2012
Conferees reach agreement on short-term SGR patch … Read More Published 02/16/2012 |