ICD10monitor February 14, 2024
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...