House Passes Medicare Payment Fix

Courtesy MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Thu, 11/19/2009 - 14:31

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- By a vote of 243 to 183, the House of Representatives has passed a bill to fix the flawed Medicare physician payment formula, but the measure faces a fight in the Senate.


 

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