The funding bill House Republican leaders released on Saturday does not avert cuts for doctors who treat Medicare patients — a blow to Republicans who had pushed for the changes that also could risk alienating members whose support will be needed to pass the legislation.
Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) worries that if nothing is done to curb Medicare payment cuts to physicians, doctors will no longer be able to afford to run their own private practices.
The health care package would include substantial reforms to the business practices of pharmacy benefit managers, who negotiate drug costs, alongside an extension of eased telehealth and hospital-at-home rules. It also would impose new measures to fight the opioid crisis and prevent cuts in pay for doctors treating Medicare patients.
Hospitals and health care entities would have to publicly report their prices and limit price hikes to benchmarks set by the New Jersey under new legislation that’s meant to contain soaring medical costs.
A recent hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee showcased the rationale Republicans will use in pursuing significant Medicaid spending cuts.
In an ever-changing, tech-driven world, artificial intelligence systems are becoming increasingly pervasive each year. At the same time, lawmakers across the country and in Connecticut are looking to legislation as a way to regulate it, especially in the health care field.