February 15, 2025 Legislation

Healthcare

Hospitals

Physicians

Healthcare

Hospitals

New York Leticia James continues to fight President Trump.  She has now instructed the hospitals in the state they would be i violation of state law if they followed national law and stopped offering gender affirming care for people under age 19.  This means the hospitals will have to do the care but not be paid for it under Medicare or Medicaid.         Top 

Physicians

The Congress has proposed a law that would leave the dreaded 2.83% Medicare physician pay cut in place for the first quarter of this year and then institute a 6.62% increase for the remainder of the year.  

New Jersey has taken away the medical licenses of two physicians who have agreed to the action.  Dr. Ahmad Kahf, a cardiologist was charged but not convicted of acting inappropriately with a woman who was accompanying an elderly patient to his office.  The other physician Dr. Humberto Perez, a GP in Jersey City was indicted but not convicted of touching a patient inappropriately.          Top

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