Just look at the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula. The SGR was created many years ago as a means to force Medicare doctors to become more efficient. The idea was, ...

However, policymakers face growing pressure to repeal and replace the flawed payment formula, giving physicians permanent relief from looming pay cuts. 1. The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 amended the ...

Editor’s Note: This is the third post in a Health Affairs Blog series on Medicare physician compensation and the Sustainable Growth Rate mechanism. Paul Ginsburg and Robert Berenson have ...

Medicare pay formula may get fixed 'I think the new CBO number bodes well for passing the legislation,' says Joe Heck. By Paige Winfield Cunningham 02/07/2013 04:50 AM EST ...

The American Medical Association supported the component of President Barack Obama’s deficit proposal that would include a repeal of the Medicare sustainable growth rate formula, according to an ...

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 ...

There has been significant effort put forth for repealing the sustainable growth rate formula, but it appears another patch is likely to be put in place before a final solution is found, according to ...

{mosads}The proposal would also: • Require the Senate Finance Committee to “permanently reform or replace” the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate formula, which requires deep cuts to physician ...

Leaders in the House of Representatives on Tuesday introduced legislation to repeal the Sustainable Growth Rate formula for Medicare payments to doctors and replace it with a different formula. The ...