SGR Update March 11, 2014: Update on new developments in the House and Senate with respect to the SGR repeal legislation. March 12, 2014 Advocacy, AMA, News HR 4015, S 2110, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
Urge Congress to Support SGR Repeal and Payment Reform (HR 4015/ S 2000) San Francisco physicians: Your help is needed to urge Congress to support SGR repeal and Payment Reform (HR 4015/ S 2000). Help avert the impending 24.1% Medicare reimbursement rate cut on April 1 and protect access to care for the senior population. March 11, 2014 Advocacy, Medicare, Payment HR 4015, HR 4015/S 2000, SGR repeal, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
SGR Repeal Gaining Momentum; 3/5 National Call to Action Congress is closer than ever before to enacting legislation that would permanently repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. San Francisco physicians are asked to contact members of Congress today to urge them to act on this vitally important legislation and repeal the SGR. February 25, 2014 Advocacy, AMA, Medicare, Payment, Politics and Medicine grassroots advocacy, Medicare sustainable growth rate, repeal SGR, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
SGR Repeal Legislation Introduced Physicians will get a 0.5% pay increase each year for 5 years under a deal by a bipartisan team of House and Senate negotiators to repeal the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula for physician payment under Medicare. February 6, 2014 Advocacy, News, Payment Medicare, Sustainable growth rate, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
Obama Signs Medicare SGR Reform Act of 2013, Stops Physician Pay Cut for 3 Months President Obama last week signed into law the Pathway for Medicare SGR Reform Act of 2013, preventing a scheduled 24% Medicare physician payment cut from taking effect on January 1, 2014. January 6, 2014 Medicare, News Medicare physician pay cut, Pathway for Medicare SGR Reform Act, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
