Medicare Bill Approved
Once again, Congress has averted the 10 percent Medicare pay cut to physicians and opted to approve a 0.5 percent increase through June 20, 2008.
This is only a temporary fix and another bill will have to be negotiated for the period after June 2008.
This particular bill that was approved does not include the requirement that Medicare physicians are required to adopt standardized health IT as a condition for receving full reimbursements as had been discussed in previous sessions.
The real problem is that Congress still fails to revamp the flawed payment system which continually threatens the healthcare of many individuals.
These band-aid approaches continually jeapordize the solvency of the entire program.
This is only a temporary fix and another bill will have to be negotiated for the period after June 2008.
This particular bill that was approved does not include the requirement that Medicare physicians are required to adopt standardized health IT as a condition for receving full reimbursements as had been discussed in previous sessions.
The real problem is that Congress still fails to revamp the flawed payment system which continually threatens the healthcare of many individuals.
These band-aid approaches continually jeapordize the solvency of the entire program.
Labels: government, healthcare, Medicare
posted by Anonymous at 6:04 AM
1 Comments:
Here's another stab in the back. This year Medicare will not pay a physician's office to administer the highly touted shingels vaccine (Zostavax) which is recommended for everyone 60 and over. Medicare will pay Krogers, Walgreen's or any other pharmacy to administer it as it is paid under Medicare Part D. I wonder if this is just another example of the large corporate pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies jumping into bed with our elected officials? Watch out senior citizens.....before long Medicare won't pay for you to see your physician but rather will only pay if you see a Nurse Practitioner or other paramedical personel in your neighborhood grocery.
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