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Government Affairs and Advocacy
This Week In Washington
House Poised
for Vote on Health Care Reform
The House of Representatives moved closer to a floor vote on
health care reform when Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Emeritus
John Dingell (D-Mich.) Nov. 3 filed a manager's amendment to the
Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962). House leadership
had promised members at least 72 hours to review the amendment before
floor consideration of the bill would begin. Upon release of the
amendment, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) stated that the House
Leadership was "continuing to discuss this legislation with our
Members" and expected to "bring it to the floor once we have consensus
and in keeping with our 72 hour pledge."
House Democrats
Introduce Physician Payment Legislation
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Emeritus John Dingell
(D-Mich.), along with Ways and Means Committee Chair Charles Rangel
(D-N.Y.), Energy and Commerce Chair Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), and
Education and Labor Committee Chair George Miller (D-Calif.), Oct.
29 introduced legislation to avert the scheduled 21.2 percent reduction
in calendar year (CY) 2010 Medicare physician payments. Health Subcommittee
Chairs Pete Stark (D-Calif.), Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), and Robert
Andrews (D-N.J.), also sponsored the Medicare Physician Payment
Reform Act of 2009 (H.R. 3961).
CMS Releases
2010 Medicare OPPS Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Oct. 30
released the calendar year (CY) 2010 Medicare outpatient prospective
payment system (OPPS) final rule on the CMS Web site. The final
rule includes a 2.1 percent inflation update in base payments for
hospital outpatient services. The changes will take effect Jan.
1, 2010.
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