It would appear so, at least for now:
"The House ... approved a six-month plan to prevent a steep cut in doctors’ fees paid by Medicare, agreeing to a short-term solution that Speaker Nancy Pelosi called “totally inadequate” but said the House had decided to adopt after concluding that the Senate was hopelessly gridlocked and could do no better."
"[A] six-month plan."
AKA "Kickin' it down the road."
Or, as our resident Medical Office Manager has previously noted, physicians' "revenue cycle has been a roller coaster this year; I cannot count on revenue coming in in a timely manner."
Ho hum.
UPDATE: In the comments, Bob points out that, according to the American Medical Association (which represents almost 17% of physicians!):
"Additional results from our survey find that even with a temporary action, physicians say they will be forced to limit the number of Medicare patients they can treat. Our new survey shows that if Congress enacts a short-term delay of four to seven months, 54 percent of physicians say they will limit the number of Medicare patients they can treat. Even if Congress enacts a three to five year delay of the cut, 48 percent will limit the number of Medicare patients they treat."
"The House ... approved a six-month plan to prevent a steep cut in doctors’ fees paid by Medicare, agreeing to a short-term solution that Speaker Nancy Pelosi called “totally inadequate” but said the House had decided to adopt after concluding that the Senate was hopelessly gridlocked and could do no better."
"[A] six-month plan."
AKA "Kickin' it down the road."
Or, as our resident Medical Office Manager has previously noted, physicians' "revenue cycle has been a roller coaster this year; I cannot count on revenue coming in in a timely manner."
Ho hum.
UPDATE: In the comments, Bob points out that, according to the American Medical Association (which represents almost 17% of physicians!):
"Additional results from our survey find that even with a temporary action, physicians say they will be forced to limit the number of Medicare patients they can treat. Our new survey shows that if Congress enacts a short-term delay of four to seven months, 54 percent of physicians say they will limit the number of Medicare patients they can treat. Even if Congress enacts a three to five year delay of the cut, 48 percent will limit the number of Medicare patients they treat."
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