Biden Signs $460B Spending Bill With Doc Pay Bump, Delayed Dsh Cuts and Community Health Funding

For healthcare, the latest agreement blunts the doctor pay decrease enacted in the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule by providing a 1.68% bump that, alongside an earlier increase from the end of 2023, totals a 2.93% payment increase that will run through the end of the year—still below the 3.37% decrease of the final rule.

Source: https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/congress-reaches-spending-deal-doc-pay-bump-delayed-dsh-cuts-and-more