In December 2024, Congress passed a continuing resolution (CR) aimed at funding the federal government through March 14, 2025, and addressing various health-care issues. This package, signed into law by President Biden on December 20, 2024, includes several key provisions impacting post-acute and long-term...
Congress passed a continuing resolution (H.R.9747) extending federal funding until December 20, 2024. The measure, which maintains funding at current levels, received bipartisan support, passing the Senate by a vote of 78-18, following a 341-82 approval in the House. This extension averts a government shut...
Last week, Congress passed a government funding bill to avert a shutdown, but it notably lacked provisions addressing the 2.8% Medicare physician payment cut that took effect on January 1, 2025. PALTmed had hoped the bill would include provisions from the bipartisan Medicare Patient Access and Practice Sta...