Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) news and information

U.S. House of Representatives committee chairmen asked for guidance on replacing the sustainable growth-rate Medicare physician payment formula, and healthcare associations were happy to comply. The responses reflected the concerns of each responding association's constituency—particularly...
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The lead author of the 2010 healthcare overhaul confirmed Tuesday that he will not seek re-election when his term expires next year.
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As Oregon's governor, Dr. John Kitzhaber brought Democrats and Republicans together to reform his state's Medicaid program, and he brought doctors and lawyers together to advance tort reform.
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Some see the stars aligning for a once-in-a-lifetime shift in the way clinicians are paid. But the future physician payment system could end up looking a lot like the past.
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Medicare providers could see both bigger pay increases and bigger cuts than offered in the current system under a high-profile, bipartisan overhaul proposed Thursday.
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Legislation that provides a permanent fix to Medicare's controversial sustainable growth-rate formula used in calculating physician reimbursement could be introduced in the Senate this year, according to a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
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What goes down, sometimes also comes back up. And that worries Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas), a physician representing the northwest suburbs of Dallas who co-chairs the Congressional Health Caucus and is vice chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's health subcommittee.
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Sen. Chuck Grassley is demanding details about communications between the CMS and a consulting firm after the firm told clients the agency would be increasing Medicare Advantage payments.
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House GOP leaders released a revised proposal to replace Medicare's SGR physician payment formula with a system that includes specialty-specific performance measures.
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Medical groups need to tell their stories on how federal regulations are affecting their operations and it would be helpful if the physicians in those groups contributed financially to lobbying efforts, according to speakers at the American Medical Group Association annual conference, which ended...
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