Exact(8)
This permanent "doc fix" is not linked to any reform or modernization of how physicians are paid.
Now is not the time to break that fiscally sound precedent, not even to get a permanent doc fix.
Alas, even when a permanent doc fix could be had for cheap, it turns out that Congress can't, or won't, agree on a plausible way to pay for it.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has proposed any number of ways to reform the payment system, but Congress has balked at a permanent doc fix because doing away with the current rules, however discredited, would force lawmakers to acknowledge a huge hole in the federal budget.
According to Medicare's chief actuaries, MACRA was a spending cut to the Medicare program, even after accounting for the permanent doc fix patch.
On April 27th, CMS released its proposed rule for the Quality Payment Program established under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), known as the permanent "doc fix" legislation.
Similar(52)
i.e have a job of scientific officer which is mobile and flexible but permanent so post docs can retrain in areas as neede-.
Once one realistically looks at the job prospects for Ph.D.'s and post-docs actually getting a permanent position (they are pathetically low), it seems stupid that graduate school prepares students for a career in academia.
The camera they developed to photograph the blast sits in one corner of the museums permanent exhibit Flashes of Inspiration, which showcases Docs work.
I've since switched to another university and after two and a half years there and 11 years in total as a post-doc, I've been offered that permanent full-time post.
He went to college in Italy at the University "La Sapienza", took his Ph. D. in Qstronomy at Cornell University, and then went to Brazil in 2004 for various pos-docs that then "evolved" into his current permanent position.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com