The bipartisan leaders of two key congressional committees have endorsed a sweeping change in the way doctors are paid under Medicare.
The chairmen of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees say they support linking the fees paid doctors to the quality of care delivered rather than the current Medicare system, which is based on the volume of care dispensed. With no change, those fees would be cut by about 24 percent on Jan. 1.
The Finance committee chairman, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and the Ways and Means chairman, Dave Camp, R-Mich., along with next highest ranking members of each panel, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., all back the plan, according to Kaiser Health News.
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