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23rd Oct, 2009 | Source : Jack Lewin
The tension related to the Medicare 2010 Physician Payment Rule is mounting. CMS must already have some idea what it plans to do on Nov. 1 when it must give public notice of its proposed final rule (which still has to be signed off by the OMB and the White House). But, we have no idea where CMS is going with it. There are lots of rumors.
The best thing would be for CMS to amend this before they issue it. I believe I impressed the White House last week on the importance of this, and I further know the WSJ editorial has had an impact. If primary care were to have a guaranteed payment update through another mechanism to take the pressure off this issue, CMS might be willing to hold up the Rule for all specialties until the validation of the data could be undertaken more responsibly.
ACC has always been a solid supporter of helping out our beleaguered primary care colleagues. As such, we are considering sponsoring a parallel bill to health care reform that would give primary care a needed boost directly as part of reform, and without the unintended but very bad consequences of trying to reallocate payment and reimbursement from specialties to primary care in a zero sum game. In CV medicine, we will face serious shortages as the tsunami of obesity and diabetes-related CV morbidity crashes toward us. If the Rule proceeds, a cardiology access crisis will immediately follow.
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The best thing would be for CMS to amend this before they issue it. I believe I impressed the White House last week on the importance of this, and I further know the WSJ editorial has had an impact. If primary care were to have a guaranteed payment update through another mechanism to take the pressure off this issue, CMS might be willing to hold up the Rule for all specialties until the validation of the data could be undertaken more responsibly.
ACC has always been a solid supporter of helping out our beleaguered primary care colleagues. As such, we are considering sponsoring a parallel bill to health care reform that would give primary care a needed boost directly as part of reform, and without the unintended but very bad consequences of trying to reallocate payment and reimbursement from specialties to primary care in a zero sum game. In CV medicine, we will face serious shortages as the tsunami of obesity and diabetes-related CV morbidity crashes toward us. If the Rule proceeds, a cardiology access crisis will immediately follow.
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23rd Apr, 2009 | Source : National League of Nursing
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1st Apr, 2009 | Source : Newsweek Showcase Archives
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