Congress Approves Three-Month Medicare Payment Update Until SGR Fix Is Completed Congress has adopted a 0.5% update to Medicare payments for three months, following a bipartisan vote of 64 to 36 in the Senate. The president is expected to sign the legislation on December 20. December 23, 2013 Advocacy, Medicare, Payment Sustainable Growth Rate, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
2014 Medicare Fee Schedule Released With the release of its 2014 physician fee schedule, Medicare is one step closer to paying physicians for non-face-to-face care management for beneficiaries with two or more significant chronic conditions. December 2, 2013 Medicare, News ACP, American College of Physicians, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS, Medicare, Physician Quality Reporting System, PQRS, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
Bicameral 'Doc Fix' Aims To Permanently Replace SGR The Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee released a summary of a framework for repealing Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. The bipartisan draft framework is expected to cost less than a similar House bill (HR 2810) because it would freeze physician payments for 10 years, while HR 2810 would include 0.5% annual updates over five years. November 1, 2013 Health Care Reform, Medicare, News SGR, SGR repeal, sustainable growth rate 0 0 Comment Read More »
Medicare SGR Reform Bill Passes Key House Committee House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 51-0 on July 31, 2013 to approve legislation to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. AMA has put together a summary of the SGR repeal/replace bill, HR 2810. August 13, 2013 Advocacy, AMA, Payment SGR, HR 2810, Medicare sustainable growth rate, SGR repeal 0 0 Comment Read More »
Medicare SGR and GPCI Bill Clears Committee The House Energy & Commerce Committee voted unanimously to approve H.R. 2810, the bill to repeal and replace the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR). July 31, 2013 Advocacy, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Payment California GPCI Fi, California Medicare locality reform, DocFix, GPCI, H.R. 2810, SGR, Sustainable Growth Rate 0 0 Comment Read More »
