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Thomas, Johnson push CMS to hike DOC pay.(Physician Reimbursement)
Publication: Medicine & Health Publication Date: 19-APR-04 |
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House Ways and Means Chair Bill Thomas (R-CA) is pushing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to administratively bump up Medicare reimbursement for physicians.
Besides boosting reimbursement on their own, the steps urged by Thomas and Health Subcommittee Chair Nancy Johnson (R-CT) in an April 1 letter could ease the way for a broader legislative fix for the pay formula that lawmakers are expected to propose sometime in the next few years. Raising physician compensation administratively in the meantime could raise the baseline cost against which the Congressional Budget Office would calculate the cost of future legislation, making a formula overhaul look cheaper and more doable in a tight budget climate.
It's nearly inevitable that Congress will attempt some formula fix. The new...
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