The American Medical Association and more than 100 state and specialty medical societies issued a set of principles (PDF) that they say can support a federal transition from the sustainable growth-rate formula to a “higher performing Medicare program.”
In an Oct. 15 letter to Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), the groups called for lawmakers to repeal the Medicare physician payment formula, arguing that eliminating the SGR formula is essential to the development of a high performing Medicare program.