Medicare pay raise OKEd, but deal hinges on non-Medicare issues
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A deal to replace the 4.4% cut in Medicare payments to physicians is expected to come into effect by March 2003, with a 1.6% increase. House and Senate lawmakers agreed to include the physician payment fix in the final version of the bill and are trying reach a massive spending package agreement to fund the federal government through the end of the fiscal year 2003.
Publication Name: American Medical News
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0001-1843
Year: 2003
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Bill sets electronic prescribing deadline
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US electronic transaction standards for Medicare prescriptions could be in effect by 2007.
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Year: 2003
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