Article: Legislators complain to CMS about physician reimbursement. (Estimated Cost of Payments).(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)(Bill Thomas)(Nancy Johnson)(Brief Article)

Key Capitol Hill legislators are asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to fix the way the agency has estimated the cost of payments to physicians.

In a letter to CMS Administrator Tom Scully, Rep. Bill Thomas (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Rep. Nancy Johnson (R-Conn.), chairman of the subcommittee on health, wrote: "We believe CMS could and should use its administrative authority to correct errors or recognize ...

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