Health Advisory: The New Medicare
12/3/2003
After many years of failed attempts by Congress to overhaul Medicare and add a prescription drug benefit, the United States Senate, last week, gave final approval to the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (H.R. 1, the ?Act?), which will implement the greatest changes to the Medicare program since its inception in 1965.
Because the Act is so extensive, it is impossible to detail each provision in one concise newsletter, so this advisory is intended to highlight some of the key provisions that may affect health care providers. Mintz Levin plans to publish additional advisories on specific provisions of the Act in the coming months.
