Congress’ health reform legislation is likely to stop the fee cut for one more year, but last month the Senate shot down a proposal to remove the SGR for 10 years, while the House is still considering a similar proposal.
CMS’ final rule also removes physician-administered drugs from the annual payment update formula, which would raise the payment update in future years.
Read CMS’ final rule on reducing Medicare fees (pdf).
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