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Key congressional leaders in accord on overhauling Medicare doctor pay
Key congressional leaders have reached a bipartisan framework for how Medicare should pay doctors and released a proposal that would erase billions in annual spending on physician services that are considered overpriced. The proposal calls for Medicare to reduce payments on physician services that have been overvalued and sets a target that would achieve an estimated $3 billion in annual savings. Those savings would be redistributed to boost pay for other undervalued physician services. Read more…
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