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Legislative emergency
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Dermatology Times
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June 1, 2008
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Lawmakers scramble to stall Medicare reimbursement cuts
Lawmakers are scrambling to find a solution to a huge problem that stands to affect millions of Medicare patients and thousands of physicians across the nation.
Unless action is taken, dermatologists and others who serve Medicare recipients will face a 10.6 percent cut in average reimbursements on July 1, when an emergency extension approved last December runs out.
Now, it appears that another such emergency extension will be needed.
Eventually, however, these last-ditch, temporary efforts will come to an end, because the bill keeps mounting. Every time a cut is overridden by Congress, the reduction proposed by the Centers for Medicare ...