Topic: Medicare
AP source: Obama to bypass Senate in recess to appoint doctor opposed by GOP to run MedicareA White House official says President Barack Obama will use the congressional recess to bypass the Senate and appoint Dr. Donald Berwick to oversee Medicare and ...
The House on June 24 adopted a Senate-passed Medicare physician pay increase of 2.2% through Nov. 30, temporarily reversing a 21% cut that Medicare contractors began applying to claims a week earlier.. By then, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had ...
It appears as if we may have a Medicare doc fix! A spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said a stand-alone bill that patches the payment problem for six months is expected to come to the floor today. The Senate passed its ...
Pelosi insists Senate Medicare fee increase for doctors be paired with jobs legislationThe top House Democrat says her chamber won't vote on Senate legislation to reverse a cut in Medicare payments to doctors.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the bill — it would ...
On Friday, things seemed to be moving towards a short-term fix for the Medicare-payment-to-doctors-problem: Even though CMS started processing claims at the 21% lower rate, the Senate passed a six-month patch for the problem that appeared on track to be approved by ...
June 21, 2010 - The dreaded 21.3% cut in Medicare reimbursement that was scheduled to take effect on June 1, 2010 would surely be overturned by Congress. So sure of this defeat, the overseers of Medicare payment processes have held all claims ...
Gov't creates 'do not pay' list to stop sending checks to dead, jailed or otherwise ineligibleThe Obama administration is setting up a "do not pay" list in hopes of stopping government checks sent to those who shouldn't get them, such as contractors ...
For the third time this year, Congress is scrambling to stave off a hefty pay cut to doctors treating Medicare patients — even as the Obama administration mails out a glossy brochure to reassure seniors the health care program is on solid ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats on Wednesday considered tweaks to a package of spending and tax hikes in order to ensure that it is passed before some programs expire next week.With many lawmakers balking at the package's $134 billion cost, Democratic leaders ...
The Senate's March 10 approval of a tax extenders bill that would put off a 21% cut in physician Medicare payments until Oct. 1 sent the legislation back to the House for approval. The House passed an earlier version of the extenders ...
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