SFMS Applauds Leader Pelosi for HR 1470 - Bipartisan SGR Repeal Package SFMS Applauds Leader Pelosi for HR 1470 - Bipartisan SGR Repeal Package. SFMS and the California Medical Association fully support the SGR bill, the funding framework, and CHIP extension. March 20, 2015 Advocacy, AMA, CMA, Medicare, Payment, Politics and Medicine SGR, HR 1470, Nancy Pelosi, sustainable growth rate 0 0 Comment Read More »
December 31: Deadline to Change 2015 Medicare Participation Status Deadline for physicians to change 2015 Medicare participation status is 12/31/2014. December 22, 2014 Medicare, Physician Resource, Practice Management SGR, Sustainable Growth Rate, VPM, Medicare, Value-Based Payment Modifier 0 0 Comment Read More »
Update: Senate Passes HR 4302; Bill Expects to be Signed Into Law The Senate voted 64-35 to adopt HR 4302, the 17th patch to stop the 24% Medicare SGR payment cut until April 2015. The House passed an identical version of the bill by voice vote on March 27, and President Obama is expected to sign the legislation into law. March 31, 2014 Advocacy, Medicare, News Medicare SGR, SGR, California GPCI, HR 4302 0 0 Comment Read More »
House Passes Year-Long SGR Patch, Includes California GPCI Fix On March 27, 2014, the U.S. House of Representatives passed “Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014” (HR 4302) to delay for 12 months a scheduled Medicare 24% sustainable growth rate (SGR) cut by voice vote. March 27, 2014 Advocacy, Medicare, News SGR patch, HR 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, SGR, sustainable growth rate 0 0 Comment Read More »
SGR Status Update: March 13, 2014 Discussions about repealing the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula continued yesterday on Capitol Hill. S. 2122 and H.R. 4209 introduced. March 13, 2014 Advocacy, AMA, Medicare, News HR 4209, SGR, S 2122 0 0 Comment Read More »
