We are 5 weeks away from the end of the 2010 Colorado Legislative Session and yet I think the political fun is just about to begin! The House and Senate have both passed the FY10-11 budget, though differences between the bills still need to be ironed out. Once a final budget has been approved and signed by the Governor, I will post relevant information here. Once the legislative session ends (scheduled for May 12th as of right now), you can expect campaining for November elections to begin in full force. All 65 House seats are up for reelection and 17 Senate seats.

Congress is back in session and the Senate should be voting today to extend the Medicare SGR, which lapsed April 1st. While it would be ideal for Congress to finally address the SGR, so that these temporary fixes don’t have to keep occurring, Congress needs to act quick so that physicians do not experience a 21% reimbursement cut for Medicare services.