Healthcare DIVE December 23, 2024
Physician groups slammed Congress for allowing a 2.8% cut to their Medicare pay to go into effect.
President Joe Biden signed a stripped down funding bill on Saturday, averting a government shutdown during the holiday season.
Congress agreed to a sweeping package earlier last week that included a number of important healthcare provisions, including an extension of telehealth flexibilities, relief from scheduled Medicare cuts for physicians and reform for controversial pharmacy benefit managers.
However, of the major healthcare changes only an extension of virtual care waivers made it into the final bill, after President-elect Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk panned the initial package as overly expensive.
Physicians slammed Congress for failing to prevent the Medicare cuts from going into...
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