CMS Actuary: Sustainability of Health Reform Law’s Annual Productivity Adjustments ‘Doubtful’

An April 22 analysis issued by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Chief Actuary Richard S. Foster (“Estimated Financial Effects of the ‘Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [PPACA],’ as Amended”) contains significant commentary on various aspects of the recently enacted health care reform law. Foster, who serves as an “independent technical advisory to both…