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Web Exclusive: AMA Wants Permanent Fix on Physician Pay Issue
The president of the American Medical Association criticized the Senate's vote on Wednesday to delay a 21.2 % physician...
Web Exclusive: Senate Inches Closer to Delay Doc Pay Cut until September 30
The Senate has cleared the way to vote on delaying a 21.2% physician pay cut vote in Medicare reimbursement until...
$4 Billion in Fraudulent Medicare Charges Found in 2009
The Office of Inspector General recovered $4 billion in fraudulent Medicare charges last year, but that sum is "just...
Medicare backlash: A primary care doctor lays out his costs
With a 21% cut in Medicare payments slated to take effect later this month, physicians who say they are making an OK...
Web Exclusive: Medicare Cuts Delayed, Not Eliminated
The Senate voted overwhelmingly to postpone a Medicare reimbursement cut until the end of March. But so what?
Web Exclusive: Senate Delays Doc Pay Cut for 30 Days
The Senate overwhelmingly voted Tuesday night to delay for 30 days a 21.2% pay cut in Medicare reimbursement for...
Web Exclusive: MedPAC Recommends Small Inpatient Pay Increase for Hospitals
In its annual report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recommended on Monday that Congress give...
AMA president-elect discusses proposed physician pay cut
In this video presented online from C-SPAN, AMA President-Elect Cecil Wilson, MD, talks about the budget for Medicare...
Medicare Payment Changes Could Prompt Hospital Closings, Layoffs
New Jersey hospitals could lose $97 million in federal funds next year and more than $500 million over the next five...
Advocates Flog CMS for Ending CT Colonography Coverage
The American Cancer Society and other patient care and medical advocacy groups are bashing CMS for its decision to end...