in a news release. Congress this week finally put to bed one of the most vexing issues to confound lawmakers in recent years: the dreaded “doc fix.” The doc fix is a formula the government ...

If you want to understand the fiscal cliff—and what it's likely to mean for the fedral budget going forward—it helps if you understand the doc fix. The doc fix is just one relatively small ...

And it has postponed them 17 times over the last 11 years. The temporary reprieve is called a “doc fix” in Washington parlance. The cuts never have taken place because politicians know ...

In an early version of health care reform, the House considered including a permanent "doc fix," which would have pleased the physicians as well as solved a longstanding fiscal problem.

The so-called doc fix was long expected to be part of comprehensive health care reform, but House and Senate Democrats now are signaling that they plan separate bills to deal with the expensive ...

Ever heard of the “doc fix”? Your doctor has. It’s a decadelong health care budget debacle that keeps getting more expensive for taxpayers. In brief: Time after time over the last decade ...

The formula has given us one of Washington's most enduring budget rituals, the "doc fix," in which Congress, despite being well aware that physicians are set for large cuts to their Medicare ...

I have to confess that whenever I hear “Doc Fix” I think of what a veterinarian once did to poor old Doc. Every year since the sustainable growth rate (SGR) was enacted as part of the Balanced ...

The measure, known in Washington-speak as the “doc fix,” is primarily aimed at repairing the way Medicare reimburses physicians for the services they provide. But it is a complicated proposal ...