title: Feeling pinched. Hospitals, docs anxious as 'provider payment cuts are pretty easy to do'.
abstract: In the aftermath of the debt-ceiling battle, providers are feeling nervous since lawmakers need to come up with another $1.5 trillion in cuts by the end of the year. "Provider payment cuts are pretty easy to do, relatively speaking. And there doesn't seem to be a clear connection in the minds of policymakers that equates payment cuts with access problems," says Michael Regier, left, of provider alliance VHA.
authors: Rich
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authors: Daly
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / Q000191:economics; D010820:Physicians / Q000191:economics*; D011057:Politics; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States