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Three Better Bipartisan Health Policies To Pay For Repealing Medicare’s SGR

After months of House and Senate negotiations on legislation to replace the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula for updating Medicare physician payment, members of Congress are relieved to finally have an agreement. It is perfectly understandable...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2014 9:13 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, Payment, Physicians, Spending, Medicare

To Pay For Medicare SGR Repeal, Build On Bipartisan Health Care Policy

Something unexpected is happening in Washington. As most eyes track partisan battles over immigration and the Affordable Care Act, key Congressional committees have been quietly advancing truly bipartisan legislation to strengthen Medicare. Since 2002...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2014 7:54 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Politics, Payment, Physicians, Spending, Medicare, Pharma, Hospitals, Patient Safety

Reforming Medicare’s Physician Payment Strategy

A new commentary by Gail Wilensky , released today as a web first by Health Affairs , reviews the recent history and future direction of physician payment reform. Since 1992 Medicare has reimbursed physicians on a fee-for-service basis. In 1997, as medical...

Published Wed, Dec 12 2013 1:02 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Politics, Payment, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare

CBO’s Long-Term Budget Projections: The Outlook Is Even Worse Than It Looks

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued its annual update to its long-term budget projections last month. As usual, the report is chock full of useful insights about the state of the nation’s medium and long-term fiscal position, the implications...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2013 8:50 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, Payment, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Medicaid

Deficit And Debt Politics: A Wake-Up Call For The Health Care Industry?

Editor’s Note: Below, Jonathan Oberlander analyzes the implications of the recently enacted agreement to increase the nation’s debt ceiling. See also Joe Antos’ analysis of the same topic on Health Affairs Blog. The 2010 Affordable Care...

Published Thu, Aug 08 2011 5:22 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, Payment, Physicians, Spending, Medicare, Hospitals

Ways And Means Chair: Panel Won’t Consider Ryan Medicare Plan

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) said this morning that his committee will not take up a proposal this year to replace Medicare’s defined benefits formula with a “voucher” or “premium support” system in which seniors would shop...

Published Thu, May 05 2011 1:01 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, Payment, Physicians, Spending, Medicare, Medicaid, Innovation

The Health Care Reform Reconciliation Bill

The House began its last step in the health reform legislative process early in the afternoon of Thursday, March 18, when it released HR 4872, the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010. As this year’s health reform legislation...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2010 11:11 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, Insurance, Payment, Physicians, Spending, Medicare, Coverage, Pharma, Medicaid, Health Law

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