Actually increased the Medicaid reimbursement to be more inline with Medicare (which it should be anyway), was the greatest thing to ever happen (for me) since I started in this already lucrative field.
The 2 year extension hinges on approval of the Congress, and the congress is now controlled by the republican party. Somehow I do not believe that fits into the republican party ideology. I hope it does not mirror what happened with the SGR fix.
Nah, they'd rather pay money to get Meaningless Use and get providers locked into electronic records that they do not want to use and slow productivity.
Then they will cut the rates, even though physician payments are not the main issue with the increase of medical expense.
Physician costs are controlled by congress setting the Medicare rate and all the players paying based on RBRVS/Medicare. Thus while overall medical expenditures have risen physician cost hasn't much.
I don't know about Maine, but Illinois is not likely to renew, and besides the state is already on the verge of bankruptcy, We have too many politicians to grease, then house in prison.
