For years, Congress has temporarily bypassed the SGR so physicians wouldn’t have to endure double-digit reimbursement reductions. However, policymakers face growing pressure to repeal and replace the ...

In a letter to lawmakers, the Alliance of Specialty Medicine called for a permanent fix to Medicare’s formula for annual payment increases to physicians. If Congress does not pass a budget before the ...

Today, U.S. Reps. Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) and Joe Heck, DO, (R-Nev.), released the Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 — a bill that would permanently repeal the sustainable growth rate ...

The American Gastroenterological Association recently signed a petition created by the Texas Medical Association, which calls on Congress to develop a “rational Medicare physician payment system,” ...

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Hopes for Senate passage of a health care reform bill were further dented this week when the Democratic leadership’s proposal for eliminating the Medicare physician fee reductions required by the ...