On the recordNovember 21, 2003
CBO's estimates now indicate that this bill makes oncologists perfectly whole in this first year of the changeover. In fact, for the first 2 years, it is a neutral completely, and oncologists will be getting something like 2 2 o 3 times the practice expense allowance that CMS now estimates they would get under their own data. This bill will actually give oncologists 100 million more dollars than they are currently getting under the old AWP formula this year, 2004, and $100 million less the second year. So it is a total neutral policy for that 2-year period.
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