From NAHU newswire:
In continuing coverage from previous editions of NAHU Newswire, Congressional Quarterly (6/21) reported that the “House is planning to vote on a ‘modified’ version of a Senate Medicare bill early [this] week,” according to a House Democratic aide. The bill is “based on a bill by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) to replace deep cuts to Medicare’s physician rates with 18 months of stable payments.” While Sen. Baucus’s “bill has yet to pass the Senate,” CQ pointed out that it “was unclear if the House was moving alone, to put pressure on the Senate to complete a Medicare package, or if the legislation was the product of a deal struck after several days of negotiations between key players in both chambers.”
Modern Healthcare (6/21, Lubell) added that funding offsets for the House’s bill “comes from the same combination of cuts to Medicare Advantage indirect medical education and Medicare Advantage private fee-for-service funding offered in Baucus’s bill.”
