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CONGRESS DID PREVENT SOME OF THE SCHEDULED CUTS
HERE IS WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE NEWEST OMNIBUS BILL
In our last article on Medicare, we detailed the cuts that were scheduled for Medicare in 2023. Since the passage of the omnibus bill last year, it is important to note that some of this has been changed.
The legislation would:
- Prevent the 4% Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) sequester for two years;
- Extend for two years critical rural Medicare programs, telehealth flexibilities and the Acute Hospital Care at Home;
- Reduce the physician fee schedule cut from 4.5% to 2% for 2023 and approximately 3% for 2024;
- Provide 200 additional Medicare-funded graduate medical education positions, half of which would be dedicated to psychiatry and psychiatry subspecialty residencies;
- Take several steps to improve access to behavioral health services;
- Make improvements to the government’s ability to prepare for future emergencies.
See more in the articles below
RELATED LINKS
What's In and Out for Healthcare in the Year-End Funding Package (Holland and Knight, 12-21-22)
Omnibus bill includes relief from Medicare cuts, extensions of rural and telehealth programs (American Hospital Association, 12-20-22)
Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Releases Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill (United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, 12-20-22)
Our 2022 Article on Medicare Cuts (Earth Future Action)