Senate Passes An Extension Of The Medicare Sequester Moratorium

As providers and lobbyists anticipated, the Senate on Thursday (March 25) passed an extension of the Medicare sequester moratorium through the end of the year, but the legislation doesn’t include a House provision that would also head off additional sequester cuts created by the American Rescue Plan. The Senate legislation, which passed 90-2, will have to go back to the House once the lower chamber returns from recess in April. The version that the House passed not only extended the...