Key Lawmakers Float Doc Pay Reforms, Congress Examines Consolidation

Key lawmakers are floating ideas on Medicare physician payment reforms ahead of the Memorial Day break, with Senate Finance Leaders Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) unveiling a white paper Friday (May 17) , the same week senators unveiled proposals to create a hybrid payment policy and to address prior authorization for drugs. Health care consolidation will be front and center on Thursday (May 23) when the House Budget Committee holds a hearing on Breaking Up Health Care Monopolies:...