CBO: Latest Health Reform Bill Would Cost $940 Billion
House Democrats got some good news today with the eagerly awaited Congressional Budget Office results on the healthcare reform bill that the House could vote on as early as this weekend. CBO reported that over the next decade, the new bill, which makes changes or fixes in the Senate bill, would save $138 billion.
CMS Delays Enforcement of Physician Supervision for Critical Access Hospitals
Critical access hospitals have received a reprieve of sorts from CMS. CMS will not evaluate or enforce the "direct supervision" requirement for therapeutic services furnished in calendar year 2010 to outpatients in CAHs, according to an agency notice to Congress.
