Article: Medicare physician payment system changed by Congress.

Article: Rep. Burgess Introduces Medicare Physician ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... has introduced the Medicare Physician Payment Reform and Quality Improvement ... legislation follows:Medicare Physician Payment Reform and Quality Improvement ... may be cited as the `Medicare Physician Payment Reform and Quality Improvement ...

Article: HOUSE PASSES REFORM OF MEDICARE PHYSICIAN ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 28, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... would permanently reform the broken Medicare physician payment system. The "Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act" (H.R. 3961) passed ... list of groups that support the "Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act.": http://energycommerce ...

Transcript: MEDICARE PHYSICIAN PAYMENT SYSTEM:NANCY ...
Congressional Testimony;  September 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... critical need to reform the Medicare physician payment system. We are grateful ... 10.6 percent cut in Medicare physician payment rates, extended the ... develop a solution to the Medicare physician payment formula, based on the ...

Transcript: MEDICARE PHYSICIAN PAYMENT:MARK MCCLELLAN
Congressional Testimony;  July 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Congress as we consider options for revising the Medicare physician payment system. Throughout all of these efforts, CMS ... Physician Payment Update Currently, updates to Medicare physician payments are made each year based on a statutory ...

Article: REP. HOLT SUPPORTS MEDICARE PHYSICIAN ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 21, 2009 ;     668 words ... ... the House passed the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, legislation ... reform permanently the Medicare physician payment system. The bill, which ... strong support of the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, H.R ...

Article: SEN. KYL CALLS FOR 18-MONTH EXTENSION OF MEDICARE ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 1, 2008 ;     511 words ... ... worsens. The AMA estimates that reductions in Medicare physician payment will total 40 percent from 2008 to 2018." "Medicare physician payment reform is one of my highest health care priorities ...

Article: AMA: Last-Minute Congressional Action Stops Medicare ...
U.S. Newswire;  December 9, 2006 ;     548 words ... ... congressional action to stop Medicare physician payment cut: "Congressional ... year's five percent Medicare physician payment cut will help avert a ... triggered by the flawed Medicare physician payment formula. This action ...