Wikipedia -WSS

Wikipedia

author：knowledge 2025-09-06 03:53:05 - browse：53957

An image of the U.S. Capitol is reflected on the side of an ambulance with a symbol of the Rod of Asclepius -- first option coverage from STAT — Congress is debating increasing doctors' Medicare pay, but not bringing it up to last year's levels. Alex Wong/Getty Images

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are considering increasing doctors’ Medicare pay in an upcoming government funding package, but their policy would only partially offset cuts providers saw earlier this year, three lobbyists and two sources familiar with the talks told STAT.

Physicians’ groups have agitated for Congress to undo a roughly 3.4% Medicare pay cut this year, resulting from the expiration of pandemic-era bonuses lawmakers chose to give the industry.

The cut went into effect on Jan. 1, but a fix hasn’t entirely fallen off of the agenda. A pay increase was discussed in negotiations over a stopgap funding bill earlier this year.

Get unlimited access to award-winning journalism and exclusive events.

Subscribe Log In

Previous article： Hollywood unions extend contract negotiations for actors
Next article： Fertility clinic egg and embryo storage is a disaster

focus

WSS

Digital health: a case of mistaken identity

H5N1 virus can be tracked in retail milk, scientists say

Ripples from Flovent's discontinuation is killing children with asthma

Galapagos to make CAR

Questions and answers about ramping up H5N1 bird flu vaccine

Hottest summer in 2,000 years puts focus on extreme heat, health

focus

Wikipedia

leisure time

Jerome Adams on the need for new antivirals for Covid

Investigation reveals sickle cell patients pressured into sterilizations

Activists slam private health insurers over coverage restrictions

Oak Street deal isn't the answer to health care's woes

23andMe had bad news about my health. I wish a person had delivered it

Listen: A conversation with researcher Kevin Esvelt on biosecurity

In Memoriam: Notable people who died in 2023

The White House hikes tariffs on plastic syringes made in China

Jerome Adams on the need for new antivirals for Covid

Readout Newsletter: Eli Lilly, AstraZeneca, Bristol Meyers Squibb

explore

As H5N1 spreads in cows, experts warn against drinking raw milk

Listen: More tumult at BIO & coercive care for sickle cell patients

HHS suspends federal funding for EcoHealth Alliance

Liver decline slowed by off

Biogen joins immunology wave with $1.15 billion acquisition of HI

FDA poised to publish guidelines for clinical trial diversity

leisure time

leisure time

focus

focus