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- Senate Finance Committee, Leadership and White House negotiating Medicare bill to extend physician fix; hospital VBP may also be included (5/2/08)
- House and Senate in middle of budget negotiations (4/4/08)
- Rockefeller introduces Senate Medicaid bill—House Energy and Commerce Committee holds hearing on companion bill and schedules markup (4/4/08)
- Medicare Trustees release annual report (4/4/08)
- Budget committees expected to markup soon: Senate Finance Committee to hold value based purchasing roundtable next week (2/29/08)
- CMS issues new guidance to improve appeals process for Medicare RAC denials and announces $371.5 million in improper payments (2/29/08)
- MedPAC sends March report to Congress: recommends full market basket update for hospital inpatient and outpatient services (2/29/08)