Medicare & Medicaid
Changing the bids could take as long as two years.
Clinics allegedly sought reimbursement for injection treatments, physical therapy treatments and other medical items and services not ordered by doctors.
Association finds 48 rural hospitals have closed since 2010, the majority in Southern states, and 283 others are in trouble.
Unless Congress takes action by the end of this month, doctors who treat Medicare patients will see a 21 percent payment cut.
Owners are also charged with wire fraud for allegedly filing fraudulent applications for relief relating to the explosion and fire which occurred on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in April 2010.
Vague statement by Joint Committee claims lawmakers are working on a replacement, though no details are released.
If Congress doesn’t act, starting on April 1, physicians who accept Medicare would get a 21.2 percent pay cut.
Medicare is giving bonuses to a majority of hospitals that it graded on quality, but many of those rewards will be wiped out by penalties the government has issued for other shortcomings, federal data show.
Republican asked the state Legislature to continue the private option for Medicaid through the end of 2016 to keep insurance coverage for more than 200,000 low-income residents.
Program costs more than $140 billion, leaders say, but temporary 'doc fix' keeps physicians from serious reimbursement cuts.