It is truly shameful! he added.

The new code is a tiny piece of overall payment reform.but a significant proportion of internal medicine residents eventually practice in a specialty area rather than in primary care.

according to Medscapes annual physician compensation report.Quintero is part of the Abigail Geisinger Scholars Program.has made changes to address some of the payment imbalances between primary care and specialist services.

But if adding a single five-character code to Medicares payment rules has proved challenging.There is a public out there that is dissatisfied with the lack of access to a routine source of care.

the only area in which providing more services such as childhood vaccines and regular blood pressure screenings is linked to better population health and more equitable outcomes.

followed by orthopedists ($573.But dissent from within his own party over its lack of spending cuts or funding for border security required Johnson to rely on Democratic votes to get it over the finish line.

Biden is expected to sign the bill.the government was set to shutdown Saturday.

averting a government shutdown and punting a spending fight in Congress until early next year.Why is the government facing another shutdown?Congress is responsible for passing a dozen appropriations bills that fund many federal government agencies for another year before the start of a new fiscal year on Oct.