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 ...

House Legislation Would Permanently Repeal Sustainable Growth Rate Today, U.S. Reps. Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) and Joe Heck, DO, (R-Nev.), released the Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 ...

House and Senate leaders on Thursday introduced a new bill to replace the Sustainable Growth Rate formula and end the annual “doc fixes," Congressional leaders announced. The new proposal will repeal ...

Last week, House and Senate leaders introduced a bipartisan bill that would repeal Medicare’s sustainable growth rate formula for physician reimbursements and replace it with a payment system designed ...

One area in which Congress has acted in a bipartisan manner is in crafting a permanent solution to the "doc fix," the sustainable growth rate formula. The latest - a bill to repeal and replace the SGR ...

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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,” ...

Many physicians who treat Medicare patients were relieved that Congress averted a 21% pay cut earlier this year when it finally repealed the notorious sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, used to ...

House Passes Medicare SGR Fix The House passed a bill that would rewrite the controversial sustainable growth rate formula and eliminate a 21.2% Medicare pay cut for physicians scheduled for 2010.