Wednesday, December 26, 2012

The Buzz: California delays federal government's Christmas gift for doctors

Sacramento Bee
The federal government's holiday gift to California's primary care doctors – a doubling of the amount they get for treating Medi-Cal patients – has been delayed.
The change in reimbursement rates is part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The federal government has agreed to fund primary care for Medi-Cal patients at the same rate that it pays Medicare providers, hoping to expand the number of doctors willing to treat low-income patients before the Affordable Care Act kicks into overdrive in 2014.