Providers Furious House Continuing Resolution Omits Doc Pay Fix

The American Medical Association and other provider lobbies are furious House Republicans excluded a Medicare physician payment patch from the six-month continuing resolution they released over the weekend, which seemingly brushes aside threats by GOP Doctors Caucus cochair Rep. Greg Murphy (NC) last week to vote against a stop-gap bill if the physician patch is left out. Relief from Medicare payment cuts that kicked in Jan. 1 was also left out of the three-month CR that passed in December and...