Medscape March 14, 2025
Congress did not fix a Medicare pay cut for clinicians in a stop-gap budget measure that appeared headed for passage late Friday.
The Republican-led Senate voted 62 to 38 to advance a legislative package that will keep federal agencies running through Sept. 30 and avoid a partial government shutdown. A final vote is expected late Friday and the measure is expected to be signed by President Donald Trump. The measure “fails to reverse the Medicare physician pay cut, which endangers access for seniors, especially for those in rural and underserved communities,” said Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. of New Jersey, the ranking Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, on the House floor earlier this week.
In January, the...