Home-Health Firms Blasted: Senate Panel Alleges Big Providers Abused Medicare...
Published in The Wall Street Journal by John Carreyrou An inquiry by the Senate Finance Committee has found that the nation’s three largest home-health companies tailored the care they provided to...
View ArticlePhysicians Face Annual Threat of Medicare Payment Cuts
Should Congress not act before Jan. 1, physicians could face a 27 percent cut in fees for treating Medicare patients, the Associated Press reports. The reduction is the result of a 1990s budget law...
View ArticleCongressional Negotiators Near Deal on Medicare “Doc Fix”
The Associated Press is reporting that congressional leaders of both parties praised an emerging deal Wednesday to extend a payroll tax cut and extra jobless benefits through 2012, but cautioned that...
View ArticleCongress Reaches Deal on Extending Physician Fix Without Cutting Home Health
Congress has reached a deal on legislation that would extend the payroll tax holiday, extend unemployment insurance coverage, and rescue physicians from a 27 percent cut in their Medicare fees. The...
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