Senate Approves One-Year Physician Pay Patch With Imaging, Diagnostic Provisions
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Senators were unable to reach agreement March 31 on an offset for a permanent fix to the problematic sustainable growth rate formula that pays Medicare physicians, but they passed the House’s one-year patch that includes provisions supported by the imaging and lab diagnostics industries.
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