title: Medicare physician payment: change is in the air, but not on the ground.
abstract: There is little good news on the physician payment front for all of organized medicine in general, and for specifically nephrology. While the CHAMP bill is a clear indicator of recognition among some legislators that fundamental change is necessary in the near future, the factors complicating efforts to make that change happen are numerous and substantial. Details on the resolution of physician reimbursement issues for 2008 and how these issues may develop for 2009 will be outlined on the RPA website at www.renalmd.org as they become available.
authors.affiliation: Renal Physicians Association, Rockville, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blaser
mesh_terms: D039702:Current Procedural Terminology; D005245:Fee Schedules / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009398:Nephrology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011057:Politics; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States