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Congress Prepares to End Automatic Cuts to Medicare Provider Payments
After successful votes in the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees last week, Congress is on the verge of permanently eliminating the system of Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) cuts to Medicare providers. The Senate and House Committees each passed a different bill that would eliminate the SGR, avoiding a 26 percent cut to Medicare provider payments, while enacting several key Medicare reforms for nurses, including allowing Nurse Practitioners to receive value-based purchasing payments during the first year they are available...Read More
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