Archive for June 2008

Chicago Doctor Converts

Up at 3:30 a.m. In the office at 5 a.m. Paperwork and hospital rounds for two hours. Back-to-back appointments until 3:30 p.m. Then another four hours of administrative duties before heading home. This was Dr. Dragan Djordjevic’s daily schedule until one day he just couldn’t take it anymore. Chicago Tribune. Go here for article.

Delay in Medicare Physician Cuts

By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration said Monday it will delay paying doctors for treating Medicare patients in early July to give Congress more time to block a scheduled 10.6 percent fee cut. The decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services doesn’t block the cut, scheduled to take place Tuesday. It’s up to Congress to decide that.

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