Democrats' Medicare Bill Cuts PWC, Home Oxygen Payments

June 9, 2008 - Source: HomeCare Magazine

Late Friday, Montana Democrat Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, filed a Medicare bill with a “doc fix” provision that would stop a 10 percent pay cut for physicians currently set to take effect July 1. But the bill also contains reduced payments for standard power wheelchairs and home oxygen.
Senate Democrats and Republicans have each crafted their own plans for Medicare legislation to halt the physician pay cut, but a summary of the Republican bill, also released Friday by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, contains no cuts for home care.
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