title: Congress: over and out. Just before the session ended, Congress approved legislation that could lead to a 7.5% Medicare reimbursement cut in '08.
abstract: The 109th Congress spent its final minutes ramming through some major healthcare provisions, including one that could lead to a 7.5% cut in Medicare pay to physicians in 2008. The AMA is ready to work with lawmakers to fix the flawed physician payment formula, says AMA Chairman Cecil Wilson, left.
authors.affiliation: mdobias@crain.com
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: DoBias
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005245:Fee Schedules; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D015442:Medicare Assignment; D011057:Politics; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States