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2009 could bring a 15 percent decrease in physician reimbursement: docs get a little more breathing room on NPI requirements.(Reimbursement)

Publication: Medicine & Health

Publication Date: 16-NOV-07
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COPYRIGHT 2007 Eli Research, Inc.

Congress continues to fight over the details of whether physicians can save their practices from a 10.1 percent pay cut.

The Senate Finance Committee held a closed meeting Nov. 7 to discuss ways to avoid cutting physician payments. Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-MT) wants a $30 billion package that avoids 2008's 10.1 percent cut and 2009's 5 percent cut. But ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-IA) still wants just a...

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