A congressional advisory panel on Friday moved to recommend that Medicare payments for nursing homes, home health agencies and inpatient rehabilitation facilities be cut by 5% in 2023, citing adequate reimbursement rates ...
Daily Archives: December 13, 2021
House Committee Report: Medicare Could have Saved Billions
After a three-year investigation into how pharmaceutical companies set their prices, the House Oversight and Reform Committee released its report last week that said Medicare could have saved more than $25 billion if all ...
Cuts in Medicare Payments to Health Care Providers are Avoided
Also last week, we reported that the House of Representatives was expected to take up legislation to prevent billions of dollars in cuts to Medicare payments to health care providers. Those cuts would have taken place ne ...
House Holds Hearing on Important Social Security Bill
Last week the Social Security Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on the Social Security 2100 Act: A Sacred Trust. The bill was authored and introduced by Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.), who is ...
Update for Week Ending Dec. 11, 2021
House Holds Hearing on Important Social Security Bill Last week the Social Security Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on the Social Security 2100 Act: A Sacred Trust. The bill was autho ...