Senate set to vote on SGR bill amendments as CMS warns proposal is not enough

Posted by IAMERS on April 14, 2015   |   Comments Off on Senate set to vote on SGR bill amendments as CMS warns proposal is not enough

New CMS report casts doubt on long-term value of doc fix legislation.  The Senate is expected today to take up several amendments to a bill that includes a provision to permanently repeal the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), a measure passed late last month by the House. However, a new report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services adds to the chorus of reservations in recent weeks about the agreement hailed as a rare bipartisan solution.

 

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Potential SGR repeal insurrection brews in Senate. Critics of doc fix proposal have qualms about cost, amendments

Posted by IAMERS on April 13, 2015   |   Comments Off on Potential SGR repeal insurrection brews in Senate. Critics of doc fix proposal have qualms about cost, amendments

After a permanent repeal of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula passed the House of Representatives in late March, the measure’s backers in the Senate work to quell a potential revolt from Senate conservatives over its initial $214 billion price tag, according to Reuters. 

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GE to stop making loans to biopharma companies, but will keep healthcare equipment financing arm

Posted by IAMERS on April 13, 2015   |   Comments Off on GE to stop making loans to biopharma companies, but will keep healthcare equipment financing arm

GE is divesting most of its GE Capital services arm to focus on its core strengths in industrial equipment, like airplane engines and MRIs and other imaging devices.

 

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Is the Proposed SGR Fix Too Vague to Work?

Posted by IAMERS on April 8, 2015   |   Comments Off on Is the Proposed SGR Fix Too Vague to Work?

The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill to permanently repeal the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula last month, but if the Senate also approves it, the fix may create a new set of problems, according to Vox.

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