title: Winning big in reform bill. After a year of lobbying and much debate, Congress reaches a compromise Medicare agreement that pleases providers.
abstract: Providers lobbied hard to get their pet provisions included in the Medicare reform legislation, hailed by Sens. John Breaux, left, and Bill Frist. If the compromise pact is approved, hospitals and physicians would get more money, construction of specialty hospitals would slow, rural providers would get a major cash infusion and academic medical centers would be better compensated for their teaching costs.
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tieman
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