Washington Outlook
CB Pricing Relief Bills Down to the Wire
As Congress begins to wrap up the legislative session for the year, our industry priorities are well positioned for advancement. While at press time we do not know what the final outcome will be, based on regular communications with our legislative champions we have done what they asked in order to put our priorities in the best possible position to move on a must-pass bill in early December. Efforts to apply congressional pressure on Medicare to make changes on their own have been significant from both the House and Senate. However, Medicare shows no signs of changing course unless Congress passes legislation requiring them to do so. So, absent congressional action on industry legislation, Medicare payments to providers will be cut significantly for complex rehab...
