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Jun 18, 2010
US Senate Acts To Block Doctors' Medicare Payment Cut
U.S. Senate Democrats and Republicans on Friday reached agreement to postpone by six months scheduled cuts in Medicare payments to doctors.
It now falls to the House to take up the Senate-passed Medicare fix.
Jun 15, 2010
New regs strict with 'grandfathers'
The Obama administration issued strict rules Monday under which even some small changes to existing health care plans will make them subject to the requirements of the new health care reform law.
Jun 14, 2010
White House again postpones doc cuts under Medicare
Doctors treating Medicare patients won’t be hit with a steep pay cut Tuesday, as previously scheduled, the Obama administration announced Monday. Instead, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is holding claims until Friday, anticipating that Congress will intervene this week.
Jun 14, 2010
Employers to see 2011 medical costs jump
Companies that offer employee health insurance expect another steep jump in medical costs next year, and more will ask workers to share a bigger chunk of the expense, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers report.
Jun 14, 2010
Obama and GOP bicker over doctors' Medicare pay
President Barack Obama is asking Republican lawmakers to approve billions of dollars in new spending to avert a scheduled 21 percent cut in payments to doctors who treat Medicare patients.
Jun 8, 2010
Obama Pitches Health Bill to Seniors
President Barack Obama is turning his attention back to his signature health-care bill and trying to win over the most skeptical constituency: seniors.
Jun 8, 2010
Early retiree reinsurance funds likely to run dry
A $5 billion temporary reinsurance program designed to encourage employers to maintain health benefits for early retirees likely will be exhausted within two years—well before the end of the program, according to a new study.
Jun 6, 2010
White House and Allies Set to Build Up Health Law
President Obama and his allies, concerned about deep skepticism over his landmark health care overhaul, are orchestrating an elaborate campaign to sell the public on the law, including a new tax-exempt group that will spend millions of dollars on advertising to beat back attacks on the measure and Democrats who voted for it.
May 28, 2010
Organized Medicine Blasts Congress for Failing to Stop Medicare Pay Cut
The strained relationship between Congress and organized medicine over the pay cut goes back to 1997, when Congress enacted the sustained growth rate (SGR) formula for setting Medicare reimbursement. The formula calculates an annual target for Medicare spending on physician services based in part on changes in the gross domestic product (GDP). If actual spending exceeds the target, Medicare is supposed to make up the difference by lowering physician reimbursement the following year. Organized medicine calls the formula flawed because physician practice expenses have grown at a faster pace than the GDP.
May 27, 2010
Uncertainty over Medicare pay sets doctors on edge
The problem with doctor fees stems from requirements of a 1990s deficit reduction law. Well before Obama was elected president, Congress had settled into a pattern of routinely waiving the cuts. But that only compounded the long-range problem, growing the size of future cuts required to meet savings targets.
The Obama administration supports repealing the cuts altogether, and the House passed legislation to do that. But a Senate version couldn't muster the 60 votes needed to move forward.
May 24, 2010
Health-care law faces test as regulators settle which plans must do what
Now that Congress has imposed new requirements on health insurance plans, regulators are trying to resolve another big question: Which plans must comply with the requirements?
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