Congress Pulls Plug on Medicare Fee Cut

摘要

With the holiday recess fast approaching and health care reform legislation its top priority, Congress still managed to do what it has done every year since 2002: prevent scheduled Medicare physician fee cuts from going into effect. In this case, Congress has delayed implementation of the whopping 21.2 percent fee cut until March 1, 2010, and there is wide speculation that the delay sets the stage for a complete overhaul of the current system utilized to determine annual health care provider reimbursement rates for Medicare claims.