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Senate Finance Committee Explores Policy Solutions for Medicare’s Physician Fee Schedule

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On April 11, 2024, the Senate Finance Committee met to address declining doctors’ pay related to Medicare’s Physician Fee Schedule (“PFS”) and Medicare fee-for-service. Physician groups have estimated physicians “were...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Senate Finance Explores Medicare Physician Payment and Graduate Medical Education Reform

On May 17, the Senate Finance Committee released a long-awaited white paper describing its legislative effort focused on bolstering chronic care through physician payment. Following a committee hearing April 11, the white...more

King & Spalding

Senators Grassley and Wyden Reintroduce Legislation to Reduce Medicare Appeals Backlog

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On December 17, 2019, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) reintroduced legislation to address the backlog of Medicare appeals cases awaiting review before an...more

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The Physician’s Self-Referral Law – Are Changes Finally Coming?

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The Physician Self-Referral Law, also known as the Stark law, prohibits a physician from referring federal health care program patients for “designated health services” to an entity in which the physician (or an immediate...more

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Senate Finance Committee Explores Revisions to Stark Law

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At a July 12, 2016 hearing entitled “Examining the Stark Law: Current Issues and Opportunities,” members of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee expressed openness to potentially significant amendments to the Stark Law aimed at...more

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