By Lupita Salazar Letscher Last Thursday Congress passed a short-term legislative fix in an attempt to avoid a scheduled 21.2 percent cut to Medicare physician payments.  The cut, which is mandated by the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, were originally scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2010.  Congress has repeatedly delayed the …

By Craig A. Kennedy, MPH  We are definitely entering the stretch run for health care reform for this year (really we are this time!) and, perhaps, for many years to come.  As someone who sits in the middle of the arena, my read is that reform is either going to pass in the next month …

By Craig A. Kennedy, MPH The time is fast approaching to fish or cut bait on health care reform….and it looks like the President and Congress are opting to try their hand at catching some fish.  Despite some apparent large-scale differences between the House and Senate-passed versions of the legislation, Congressional leaders from both sides …

By Craig A. Kennedy & Kaitlin McColgan Sitting down to write our annual NACHC review of legislative activity, it is hard to believe all that has happened in one calendar year. One thing is already certain: this is a year that will go down as one of the most active in the health center movement’s …