Current
Fee Schedule/Medicare Payment Update - Congressional Override
Secures Medicare Physician Payment Relief By overwhelming majorities
in the House (383-41) and Senate (70-26), Congress July 15 voted
to override President Bush's veto of the "Medicare Improvement for
Patients and Providers Act of 2008" (P.L.
110-275), thereby securing 18 months of AAMC-supported Medicare
physician payment relief. The new law extends through Dec. 31, 2008,
the 0.5 percent Medicare physician conversion factor update that
expired July 1 (reversing a 10.6 percent cut). It also averts a
projected 5.4 percent cut for CY 2009 by establishing a 1.1 percent
physician payment update for the full year. Additionally, the law
extends and increases to 2 percent incentive payments for physician
quality reporting in CY 2009 and CY 2010. More>>
Quality and Patient Safety - The Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ) is developing an implementation strategy for
the "Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005" [P.L. 109-41],
which was signed into law by President Bush on July 29, 2005. The
law encourages the voluntary reporting of such data by assuring
its confidentiality. More >>
Medical Liability Reform - As a member of the Health Coalition
on Liability and Access (HCLA), the AAMC continues to advocate in
support of comprehensive medical liability reform legislation..
More >>
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