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Archive > March, 2003 Vol. IV, No. 3

This Just In

Edited by Bill Meltzer

Physician Reimbursement
Federal Government Reverses Physician Medicare Cuts
President Bush has signed a 2003 appropriations bill that includes a 1.6 percent increase in Medicare reimbursements to physicians. The law overrides a scheduled 4.4 percent decrease. Additionally, the legislation raises by $300 million Medicare payments for hospitals in rural and small urban communities.

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