ICD10monitor February 14, 2024
Matthew Albright

It’s an election year, which means everything is going to move very slowly through Congress, if it moves at all.

That includes, unfortunately, the 3.4-percent cut in physician reimbursement from Medicare. As many of you are aware, those cuts have been in effect since Jan. 1.

Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a tax bill with bipartisan support – which is just short of incredible – but the bill does not include any healthcare measures, meaning no fix on the 3.4-percent cut. And, anyway, the tax bill looks like it’s being held up in the Senate, bogged down by the issue of immigration.

The next chance for a fix to physician reimbursement will be later this month, when...

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