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COPYRIGHT 2004 International Medical News Group
WASHINGTON -- Last year's Medicare reform legislation fore-stalled cuts to the physician fee schedule for the next couple of years, but starting in 2006, doctors are in line for 5% annual cuts in payment for the following 6 years.
At a recent hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, lawmakers began to focus on what subcommittee vice chairman Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-Ga.) called "the black cloud on Medicare's horizon," with testimony suggesting the need to focus on new ways to control the volume of physician services.
The volume and intensity of physician...
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